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= FIGHTING TO SAYV CARNER PLEDGES | LOVALTY TOCHE President Hits “Economic _Royalists” in Acceptance Speech. (Continued From First Page.) decisions. He referred, however, to a *“new despotism” which he seid had been “wrapped in the robes of legal sanction.” In a manner, the President’s talk to the members of the national conven- tion and their guests brought nothing new iato the picture. It was a reitera- tion of his statement made at the Jackson day dinner in Washington last Winter that the “fight would go on” and that there would be no re- treat. It was delivered, however, under new circumstances, as the unanimous choice of the Democratic party assembled in national conven- tion. It was couched in new phrases, pungeat easily memorable. It went to the very fundamentals in the con- test between the President and his copponents. Reward of People. The President spoke in respcase to the notification of his nomination made by Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas, permanent chairman of the national convention. Senator Robinson, in his address notifviag President Roosevelt, said that it should be a matter of gratifica- tion to him to know that he had been nominated by “the joyous acclamation of the 1100 delegates without the formality of a roll call.” Robinson con- tinued: “Your renomination, is the reward of a grateful people acting under a democracy—the only fitting honor which a democracy may pay to & patriotic and loyal servant who has performed the exacting duties of the presidency in keeping with the mag- nificent traditions of the great men who have preceded him in that high office. “A mighty gathering of your fellow Americans stand before you, Mr. Pres- ident, grateful for the fact that this honor has been bestowed upon you. Millions of others are gathered around the hearthsides waiting to hear the words of acceptance of the man who has so manfully borne the burden dur- ing the troubles and trials of the last three years. For all these millions, I congratulate you, Mr. President, in the sincere belief that you are going forth to an overwhelming victory in No- vember.” Harrison Substitutes. Immediately preceding the notifica- tion of the President. Vice President John N. Garner received notification of his renomination. Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi read the speech notifying Vice President Garner of his nomination. He substituted for Sen- ator Barkley of Kentucky, designated as temporary chairman of the na- tional convention to notify* Garner. Barkley was forced to leave Phila- delphia this afterncon in order to catch the S. S. Aquitania, on which he sailed for Europe. And so the Democrats formally gave notice of their nominations to both Roosevelt and Garner within a few short hours after the national con- vention had named them by acclama- tion. Another precedent was shat- tered here, since four years ago Garner did not go to Chicago to be notified, but accepted by written message. He was in Washington serving as Speaker of the House. s Garner Pledges Loyalt. The Vice President packed into his @ddress, far more brief than that of the President, a pledge of loyalty to Roosevelt and to the Democratic plat- form and to the New Deal. He blasted the Republican enemy. “I am a soldier,” said Garner, “and my duty is to follow where the com- mander leads. I accept the rules of war laid down in the platform. Franklin Delano Roosevelt the hopes of a Nation have been reborn.” The President by his address would have the American people believe that he and the Democratic party are their champions; that the Republican party and its candidates afe committed to the old deal, to the cause of privilege and special interests—to the cause of the “economic royalists.” That was the entire burden of his speech. It is the line which he and the New Dealers hope to draw between themselves and the Landon and Knox ticket next Fall. He did not fail to praise what has been done by his administration during the last four years. He gave credit to all the progressives, in his own party | and in other parties. Indeed, he said that the “rescue of the American peo- ple was not a mere party task—it was the concern of all of us.” “Have Conquered Fear.” “We have won.” said the President, | “against the most dangerous of our| foes—we have conquered fear.” | The President hasiened to add, how- ever, that despite the victory over dis- ester in this country, the full task has not yet been accomplished; that the enemies of the New Deal and what it stands for are active and threatening. Going back to the days of the Amer- icar. Revolution, the President found Philadelphia “fitting ground on which to reaffirm the faith of our fathers; to pledge ourselves to restore to the people a wider freedom—to give to 1936 as the founders gave to 1776—an gmer- ican way of life.” It was to win political freedom, he #aid, “that the fathers of the country fought 160 years ago. It is to win eco- nomic freedom that the New Dealers of today fight.” Since the Revolution, the President declared, modern civilization, with its machinery and electricity, telegraph and radio, mass production and mass distribution, has come to America and created a new kind of tyranny. Hits “Economic Royalists.” “Out of this modern civilization,” he said, “economic royalists carved new dynasties.” So he characterized the huge aggregations of capital and of industry that have grown up in the United States in the last half century. “New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things, The new uses of corporations, banks and securities, new machinery of industry and agri- culture, of labor and capital—all undreamed by the fathers—the whole structure of modern - life was im- pressed into this royal service.” The President charged that “the privileged princes”. of these new dynasties reached out for control over the Government itself. He charged that they had set up a new desptism and “wrapped it in the al In |- < Text of President’s Address at Philadelphia Government Protection of Average Man Against Machine Age Restrictions Held Necessary. ENATOR ROBINSON, members of the Democratic Convention, my friends: We meet at a time of great moment to the future of the Nation. It is an occasion to be dedicated to the simple and sincere expression of an attitude toward problems, the determination of which will profoundly affect America. 1 come not only as the leader of a party—not only as a candidate for high office, but as one upon whom many critical hours have imposed and still impose a grave responsibility. For the sympathy, help and confidence with which American have sustained me in my task I am grateful. For their loyalty I salute the members of our great party, in and out of official life in every part of the Union. I salute those of other parties, especially those in the Con- gress who on so many occasions put partisanship aside. I thank the Governors of the several States, their Legislatures, their State and Jocal officials who participated unselfishly and regardless of party in our efforts to achieve recovery and destroy abuses. Above all I thank the millions of Americans who have borne disaster bravely and have dared to smile through the storm.- America will not forget these recent vears—will not forget that the rescue was not a mere party task—it was the concern of all of us. In our strength we rose together rallied our energies together, applied the old rules of common sense, and together survived, We Have Won Against Most Dangerous Of Foes in Conquering Fear. In those days we feared fear. That was why we fought fear. And today, my friends, we have won against the most dangerous of our foes—we have conquered fear. But I cannot, with candor, tell you that all is well with the world. Clouds of suspicion, tides of 1ll will and intolerance gather darkly in many places. In our own land we enjoy indeed a fullness of life greater than that of most nations. But the rush of modern civil- ization itself has raised for us new difficulties, new problems which must be solved if we are to preserve to the Unitd States the political and economical freedom for which Washington and Jefferson planned and fought. Philadelphia is a good city in which to write American history. This is fitting ground on which to reaffirm the faith of our father: to pledge ourselves to restore to the people a wider freedom; to give to 19036 as the founders gave to 1776—an American way of life. The very word freedom, in itself and of necessity, suggests freedom from some restraining power. In 1776 we sought freedom from the tyranny of a political autocracy—{rom the eighteenth century royalists who held special privileges from the crown. It was to perpetuate their privilege that they governed without the consent of the governed; that they denied the right of free assembly and free speech: that they re- stricted the worship of God; that they put the average man’s property and the average man's life in pawn to the mercenaries of dynastic power—that they regimented the people. Political Tyranny Wiped Out At Philadelphia July 4, 1776. And so it was to win freedom from the tyranny of political au- tocracy that the American Revolution was fought. That victory gave the business of governing into the hands of the average man, who won the right with his neighbors to make and order his own destiny through his own government. Political tyranny was wiped out at Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Since that struggle, however, man's inventive genius released new forces in our land which reordered the lives of our people. The age of machinery, of railroads, of steam and electricity; the telegraph and the radio; mass production, mass distribution—all of these combined to bring forward g new civilization and with it a new problem for those who would remain free. s For out of this modern civilization economic royalists carved new dynasties. New kingdoms were built upon concentration of control over material things. Through new uses of forporations, banks and securities, new machinery of industry and agriculture, of labor and capital—all undreamed of by the fathers—the whole structure of modern life was impressed into this royal service. 4 There was no place among this royalty for our many thousands of small business men and merchants who sought to make a worthy use of the American system of initiative and profit. They were no more free than the worker or the farmer. Even honest and progressive-minded men of wealth, aware of their obligation to their generation, could never know just where they fitted into this dynastic scheme of things. New Mercenaries Sought To Regiment the People. It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for con- trol over government itself. They created a new despotism and wrapped it in the robes of legal sanction. In its service new mercenaries sought to regiment the people. their labor and their properties. And as a result the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Man. The hours men and women worked, the wages they received, the conditions of their labor—these had passed beyond the control of the people, and were imposed by this new industrial dictatorship. The save ings of the average family, the capital of the small business man, the investments set aside for old age—other people’s money—these were tools which the new economic royalty used to dig itself in. Those who tilled the soil no longer reaped the rewards which were their right. The small measure of their gains was decreed by men in distant cities. Throughout the Nation opportunity was limited by monopoly. Individual initiative was ctushed in the cogs of a great machine. The field open for free business was more and more restricted. Private enter« prise became too private. It became privileged enterprise, not free enterprise. robes of legal sanction.” He charged that in the service of these new dynasties “new mercenaries sought to regiment the people, their labor and their properites.” “As a result,” he said, “the average man once more confronts the prob- lem that faced the Minute Men.” The hours that men and women work, the wages they received, the conditions of labor, all, he said, had passed beyond the control of the peo- ple into the hands of an industrial dictatorship. It is against such dic- tatorship that the New Dealers are fighting. The farmer has become un- able any longer to reap the profits of his harvest. Men in distant cities dictated the “small measure of their gains.” Political equality, won by the fath- ers, means nothing, the President said, in the face of “economic inequality.” | While the “royalists” of the economic | order have conceded that political | freedom was the business of govern- | ment, the President added, “they have | maintained that economic slavery was | nobody’s business”—certainly not the business of the Government. The New Dealers, he said, “stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair.” The President gave his definition of “faith, hope and charity” as follows: “Faith—in the soundness of democ- racy in the midst of dictatorship. so well the progress we have made. | “Charity—in the true spirit of that | grand old word. For charity, literally translated from the original, means love, the love that understands, that | does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy and wisdom helps men to help themselves.” _— Not a Toy! A Real Piano! Excellent tone and respon- sive. Built of durable ma- terials and with same care bestowed on more costly instruments. Fully . war~ ranted by us and maker. For Recreation Rooms WITH BENCH Bungalows—Cottages—Yachts —Small Apartments IT HAS NO EQUAL 159 ORTAINABLE IN Mahogany, Maple, Red, Ebonized, Antique White. Our Supply is Limited. Piano Displayed on Ground Floor. DROOQP’S « 1 G Steinway Pianos “Hope—renewed because we know‘ An old English judge once said: ‘Necessitous men are not free men.” Liberty requires opportunity to make a living—a living decent according to the stamdard of the time, a living which gives man not only enough to live by, but something to live for. Political Equality Meaningless In Face of Economic Inequality. For too many of us the political equality we once had won was meaningless in the face of economic inequality. A small group had con= centrated into their own ‘hands an almst complete control over other poeple’s property, other people’s money, other people’s labor—other people’s lives. For too many of us life was no longer free; liberty no longer real; men could no longer follow the pursuit of happiness. Against economic tyranny such as this the citizen could only appeal to the organized power of Government. The collapse of 1929 showed up the despotism for what it was. The election of 1932 was the people’s mandate to end it. Under that mandate it is being ended. The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of the Government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody's business. They granted that the Government could protect the citizen in his right to vote but they denjed that the Government could do anything to protect the citizen ir his right to work and live. Today we stand committed to the proposition that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal oppor- tunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the market Pplace. Flag and Constitution Stand For Democracy, Not Tyranny. ‘The economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power. In vain they seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag and the Constitution stand for. Now, as always, the flag and the Constitution stand for democracy, not tyranny; for freedom, not sub- Jection, and against a dictatorship by mob rule and the overprivileged alike. The brave and clear platform adopted by this convention, to which 1 heartily subscribe, sets forth that government in a modern civilization has certain inescapable obligations to its citizens, among which are protection of the family and the home, the establishment of a democracy of opportunity, and aid to those overtaken by disaster. But the resolute enemy within our gates is ever ready to beat down our words unless in greater courage we will fight for them. For more than three years we have fought for them. This con- vention in every word and deed has pledged that that fight will go on. Only Effective Guide for Safety of World Is Moral Principle. The defeats and victories of these years have given to us as a people & new understanding of our Government and of ourselves. Never since the early days of the New England town meeting have the affairs of government been so widely discussed and so clearly appre- ciated. It has been brought home to us that the only effective guide for the safety of this most worldly of worlds is moral principle. We do not see faith, hope and charity as unattainable ideals, but we use them as stout supports of a Nation fighting the fight for freedom in a modern civilization. Faith—in the soundness of democracy in the midst of dictatorships. Hope—renewed because we know so well the progress we have made. Charity—in the true spirit of that grand old word. For charity, literally translated from the original, means love, the love that under- stands, that does not merely share the wealth of the giver, but in true sympathy and wisdom helps men to help themselves, Seek to Give Government Character Embodying Human Charity. We seek not merely to make government a mechanical implement, but to give it the vibrant personal character that is the embodiment of human charity. We are poor indeed if this Nation cannot afford to lift from every recess of American life the dread fear of the unemployed that they are not needed in the world. We cannot afford to accumulate a deficit in the books of human fortitude. In the place of the palace of privilege we seek to build a temple out of faith and hope and charity. 1t is a sobering thing to be a servant of this great cause. We try in our daily work to remember that the cause belongs not to us, but to the people. The standard is not in the hands of you and me alone. It is carried by America. We seek daily to profit from experience, to learn to do better gs our task proceeds. Governments can err—Presidents do make mistakes, but the immortal Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold- blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales, Better Faults in Spirit of Charity Than Omissions of Indifference. Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen.in the ice of its own indifference, There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of others much is expected. This generation of Ameri- cans has a rendezvous with destiny. In this world of ours, in other lands, there are some people who, in times past, have lived and fought for freedom, and seem to have grown too weary to carry on the fight. They have sold their heritage of freedom for the illusion of a living. They have yielded their democracy. I believe in my heart that only our success can stir their ancient hope. They begin to know that here in America we are waging a great war. It is not alone a war against want and destitution and economic demoralization. It is a war for the survival of democracy. We are fighting to save a great and precious form of government for ourselves and for the world. T accept the commission you have tendered me. I am enlisted for the duration of the war., 1 join with you. Regular $5.50 Value olding Oxfords 295 More than ever before, smartly dressed women are wearing ox- fords. You can’t resist getting a pair at this low price. Frame Only USE YOUR CHARGE ACCOUNT OPTICAL DEPT.—STREET FLOOR Tth 8thend B NAtional 9800 ROOSEVELTGUARD SETS NEW RECORD Party Protected by Largest Cordon of Police in U. S. History. By & Btafl Correspondent of The Star. PHILADELPHIA, June 27—In sol- emn quietude, preceding the storm of acclaim seldom equaled in this coun- try, President Roosevelt and his party detrained at 9:30 o'clock tonight— protected by a formidable cordon of secret service agents, police, sharp- shooters, motor bandit patrol and G-men. Never in the history of this country has a President or other offi- cial been so closely guarded. The official delegation to greet the President when his private car ar- rived was composed of Postmaster General Farley, just re-elected to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee; Vice President Garner, just renominated, and the President’s private secretary, Marvin H. McIn- tyre. They were joined by the Presi- dent’s son, Franklin, jr, and his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger. James and John Roosevelt, sons of the President, had made a hurried trip to Washington to ride back to the notification and acceptance cere- mony with their parents. In the auto with the President on the ride to Franklin Field, following an escort of 20 motor cycles with sirens scream- Ing, were Vice President Garner, Post- master General Farley, Mrs. Roose- velt and James Roosevelt. They were followed by the White House secretariat and other special guests of the President on the train: Mrs. Roosevelt's private secretary, Mrs. Malvina Schneider; Secretary Stephen Early, Miss Marguerite Lehand, the President’s personal secretary: Mrs. Grace Tully, Col. Edwin W. Watson, senior military aide; Capt. Paul Ba: tedo, senior naval aide, and Henry Kanee, executive stenographer. 25 in Motor Cycle Escort. The President had an escort of 12| limousines, which had been waiting | for nearly two hours at the B. & O./ station, about six blocks from Franklin | Field. These cars, with a detail of 25 motor cycles, were lined up on the tracks in the station. Before the President’s train arrived. Thomas D Taggart, national committeeman from Indiana, who was waiting for his train, had a conference with Post- master General Farley. This arrival of the President for the notification is the second time in four years that he has thus made history. Four years ago Mr. Roosevelt went | by airplane to Chicago and addressed the delegates before they had time to start back home after nominating him. Today he made another innova- tion, with a double notification of both presidential and vice presiden- tial candidates in the same ceremony, in the most spectacular event of this kind 1n the history of the Nation. And never was the head of any government more carefully guarded. Col. Edward Starling, chief of the White House Secret Service, had been working all day to perfect plans for proper protection of the President and his party. The Pennsylvania Governor, George H. Earle; Mayor Wilson and the Philadelphia police force co-operated earnestly — they took over this duty as a ceremonial. One man was ushered away from the station platform before the President arrived because he could not show any particular business there. All | and his party had left the field traffic in that part of the city was topped 10 minutes before the Pres- % Y MEMBER PEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION M )b % World’s Largest Mule is Offered as Campaign Aid By the Associated Press. % LINCOLN, Nebr., June 27— What was clajimed to be the world's largest mule was offered today to the Democratic National Committee for campeign pur- poses. The offer was madesby Harry E. Henson, Lincoln farmer, who said the animal, named “Tom,” was 6 feet 7 inches high. and weighed between 2,300 and 2,400 pounds-—about twice as big as an ordinary mule. Henson offered the mule in a communication to the secretary of the Democratic National Com- mittee. ident’s escort was ready to leave the station. Col. Starling was met at the sta- tion by a group of officials headed by Mayor Wilson. After designating to the officials the manner in which the President would leave the train and enter his automobile, a fast practice run was made over the route which led the President to the speaker's stand in Franklin Pield. The mayor issued a plea to citi- | zens, delegates and others not to leave their seats until after the President In addition to lessening the inevitable traffic jam, this will be “a wonderful tribute to the man who is President of this country,” the mayor said. From the moment of his arrival the President was under the zealous pro- tection of more than 700 policemen and detectives. Every avenue of access to him was clogged. A squad of 25 men armed with submachine guns were stationed at strategic points in the vicinity of the fleld thers were armed with Army rifles. The entire police force of 1,100 was on duty and L000 city firemen were used as aux- iliary. Fifteen picked men, known as the “aces” of the detective force, were thrown around the space between the President’s private car and the auto- mobiles for his party. They were led by Capt. James Ryan of the Phila- delphia Detective Bureau. Lieut. Wal- ter Sullivan of the New York detective force and Lieut. Michael Cooneyv of the Baltimore detectives. 100 pelicemen stood shoulder to shoul- der facing the crowd that had gath- ered at the station. G-Men on Duty, Federal G-men were drawn into Philadelphia and assigned to stay near the President during his visit. Reed Vetterli, head of the Philadelphia di- vision, was in charge of this force. He was assisted by Albert Schroder and James Fallon. After the notification-acceptance ceremony the President and Mrs. Roosevelt, with the President’s mother and other members of their family and a few special guests continued in the President's special train to spend the week end at Hyde Park. They were accompanied by Gov. and Mrs. Lehman of New York, Judge and Mrs. John E. Mack, their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boet- tiger: Mr. and Mrs. James Roosevelt and Representative Caroline O'Day. The same elaborate police protec- tion was given to the presidential par- ty on their trip from the stadium back | to the station after the ceremonies. Citizens Repair Streets. NEW YORK (#) —Twenty-five civic-minded Queens residents, un- successful in efforts to have the Highway Bureau fill the holes in macadam street. decided to “shame” the officials. They turned out with @ [ 1 More than | cA_4 o : ~_THE SUNDAY: STAR'E WASHINGTON! D. 'C.! JUNE 285' 1936—PART ONE. . . : E DEMOCRACY, SAYS ROOSEVELT @ PRESIDENT WORKS UNTIL TRAIN TIME Drought Discussion Included in Round of Con- ferences. Ey the Assoctated Press. | A round of conferences which in- | cluded a new talk on the drought problem engaged President Roose- | velt yesterday before he headed. in the late afterncon for the Philade! | phia Democratic notiflication cere- monies. ‘Working until after lunch time on | the final drafting of his acceptance speech, the President tarried at his office to receive from Secretary Wale crop-searing drought in the Northern Border States of the Middle West. Wallace said also that the President had discussed with him, Chester | Davis, former agricultural adjust- | ment administrator, and William Set- | tle, regional director of the Federal Grain Corp., what the Republican and Democratic planks on agricul- ture would mean to the farmer. Accompanied by Aides, The President was accompanied by almost his entire official White House family when he left here about 5 pm. for Philadelphia. A small crowd lined the railings at Union Station as the train pulled out. There were a few scattered cheers, but no attempt at a general demone stration. Dining on the train with the Presi- Gent and Mrs. Roosevelt were two of their children, James and John. and their daughter-in-law, Mrs. Betty Cushing Roosevelt. Also with them were the President’s military and naval aides, Col. Edwin M. Watson and Capt. Paul Bastedo. The President’s physician, Comdr. Ross Mclntire; his secretary, Stephen Early; his private secretary, Miss Mar- guerite Le Hand. and a dozen others of the secretariat also were on the train, Harrison Is Guest. Senator Harrison, Democrat of Mis- sissippi, who was forced early last week because of illness, to leave Philadel« phia, rode back to Philadelphia as a guest on the presidential special. 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