Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1936, Page 4

A—4 %% ROOSEVELT TALK HAILED BY PRESS Few Votes Seen Changed, However, by Speech of Acceptance. Newspaper editorial comment on President Roosevelt's speech ac- cepting remomination: New York Times. Mr. Roosevelt may be forgiven for having put a reminiscential fighting quality into the first part of his speech of acceptance on Saturday night. It was natural for him to recur to the struggles and even battles which he had gone through during the last three years at Washington. In his inaugural address on March 4, 1933, he had said that the only thing the country had to fear was fear itself. Now he sums up the victories won by asserting that *“we have conquered fear.” It befits a conqueror to be magnanimous. The President might have been more so in his speech by fully recognizing the non-partisan aid he had received and by talking less about the “war for political and economic freedom,” as if it were a contest still being bitterly waged and portending many san- guinary battles to come. This does not fit the present tone and temper of the country. The people are not looking forward to more wars. They feel that the tfne has come for words and works of hope and healing. They would like to see wounds bound up, so that American citizens could apply themselves to the great enter- prises of recovery and relief. o Boston Herald. As a rhetorical display, as an appeal to the primary emotions of men and women, and as a political broadside, Mr. Roosevelt's Speech of acceptance on Saturday night was undeniably a work of art. Its very brilliance was its greatest danger, for it was essentially 8 silk-gloved declaration of class war. In a few polished paragraphs, the President consigned all successful bus- iness men, industrialists and bankers to membemship in an “economic roy- alty” without regard to their individual character, their personal achievements or their contributions to the general welfare. He talked much about “ecdhomie tyranny.” But there is another tyr- ranny which is equally dangerous. It s the tyranny of philanthrophy, of social service, of good works. Cer- tainly the Government official who has the final word on whether a man Temains or is taken off the dole, whether he shall be given a pension, whether he shall be allowed to culti- vate a ‘“sub-marginal” farm, or whether he shall be dispossessed from the home on which the Government holds a mortgage, is just as likely to be as tyrannical as any private em- ployer or banker. Philadelphia Inquirer. Who are the “economic royalists” whose power was denounced by the | President? Are they industrialists and business men who are paying wages and taxes while fighting their way out of hard times? . . Whoever they are and whatever | their questionable power, it is notable | that their overthrow by the New Deal, according to Candidate Roosevelt, will be due to “our allegiance to American institutions.” How can the New Deal, with its regimentation and dictation, its autocrats and bureaucrafts, its fas- cism and collectivism, vow fealty to American ideals? The New Deal is not American. Even the President’s spectacular appearance at Franklin Field, as & smashing climax to a week of political hysteria and ballyhoo, savored rather of nasiism than of Americanism. Louisville Courier-Journal. ‘The President has lifted the issue onto a high moral plane and at the same time onto a high plane of intel- lect. To do these two things in a apeech of 20 minutes is to show genius. Richmond Times-Dispatch. There is * * * no special reason for surprise because of the President’s resort to generalities. * * * He will make many more addresses before election day and will get down to par- ticulars in a considerable number of them. His speech of acceptance laid the groundwork for these future de- liverances, for in it he set forth the philosophy, which is to underlie the | campaign upon which he has em- | barked. That philosophy is vigorously anti-capitalistic and anti-monopolis- tic. There is small comfort in it for the American plutocracy. Topeka Capital. As in many other speeches, he at- tempts to divide the people of the United States into two classes, those who are organized to rob and en- slave the people, and those who are robbed and enslaved, of whom he is the willing, though somewhat over- burdened savior. He does not point out who the robbers of the people’s liberties are, but. that is not to be ex- pected. If he were to particularize he might have troubled to prove his as- sertions. There is nothing safer than a general denunciation not aimed at anybody in particular, and often such & general charge is quite effective. The speech will, in our opinion, neither enhance nor diminish the pop- ularity or unpopularity of the Presi- dent. It no doubt pleased his hearers and supporters and is not calculated to greatly offend his opponents. Those who have been for him will still be for him, and those who have been against him will still be against him. Of course, the delivery was pleasing, as his delivery always is. Cincipnati Enquirer. The President’s sermon of accept- ance is one to which nobody can take exception, couched as it is in brave generalities and quite evidently the sincere testament of a man who be- lieves he is on the right track. Rather than clarify the Democratic platform or restate his own polifical and eco- nomic philosophy, Mr. Roosevelt was content to bring to Philadelphia what is usually called an “imspirational message.” The President’s graceful platitudes, however, do not obscure the under- —_— Girl Secouts Board Train for Vacation THE EVENING Many good times are in store for this happy group of Girl Scouts shown on the train as they left for Camp May Flather at Mount Solon, near Harrisonburg. They are, left to right, Nancy May McLean, Marr Catchings, Patricia Doaherty, Doris Colley, Mary Elle Francis Donohue and Mrs. Maury Middleton, in charge of the trip. Virginia Neumyer, Patsy Madigan, Ditt n Donohue, { STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ion | |FEYTERMS OTTO KAISER OF AUSTRIA Former Head of Heimwehr Declares Loyalty to Archduke. BACKGROUND— Austria has been awept with one rumor after another of impending disturbances of her internal set-up. A putsch intended to bring close co-operation with Germany, an- other aimed at Italian alliance and still another looking toward the establishment of Archduke Otto on a restored throne have been pro- posed. First one party, then another, for a time appears to hold the ascendency. Militant Emil Fey has long ardently supported the claims of Archduke Otto. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, June 29.—Maj. Emil Fey, former vice chancellor of Austria and ousted head of the Vierina Heimwehr, called the Hapsburg Archduke Otto “Kaiser of Austria” today in an ad- dress to & vast monarchist demonstra- tion. It was 8 meeting of the veterans’ arianne Schoe; el, Mary —Star Sta, Photo. lying assumption on which his politi- cal program is founded. Tt is his evident belief that the American peo- ple must find the answer to all their great problems through the mechan- ism of government. He contends that freedom is not a restrain on government, but a method of using government to gain “economic free- dom.” Cleveland Plain Dealeg. Never has the liveralism of Frank- lin D. Roosevelt shown forth more clearly than in his address last night at Philadelphia, accepting the re- nomination by acclamation tendered him by the Democratic National Con- vention just adjourned. The President speaks in generali- tles, as the occasion justifies. He argues not cases, but a cause. His preachment is of the great humane | and liberal doctrine that men “are| created equal,” as the Declaration | says, and are entitled to the “blm-l ings of liberty” guaranteed them by the Constitution. Detroit Free Press. Roosevelt totally ignored the ques- tion of broken pledges. He made no reference to debt or budget. He did not try to explain why unemployment is practically as great as it was four years ago, although 12 billions over and above the national income has been spent in an effort to end it. If the speech is & promise of what the New Deal campaign is to be it will become essentially an appeal to the ignoble passions, to prejudice, jeals ousy, greed, envy and hatred. And along with this the country may also expect subtle propaganda |for a form of centralized authority | indicative of the leadership of Herr | Hitler rather than Thomas Jefferson. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The entire address is based upon a | fanciful comparison of the struggle of 1936 with the struggle of 1776. | But the colonists of 1776 knew not only what they were fighting for, but | whom they were fighting against. | Their reasons for war were clearly and specifically stated in the indictment | of King George and the British gove ernment in the Declaration of Inde- pendence. It was something defintte | and tangible they were opposing. But who are these economic royalists of today against whom Mr. Roosevelt de- clares war? Do they exist in reality or are they figments of the imagina- tion? If they exist they ought to be | identified by name. “Indianapolis Star.” No Chief Executive in the 147 years of the Republic has ever made an ad- dress to compare with that delivered by President Roosevelt at Philadelphia Saturday evening, and it is devoutly hoped there will not be another in the next 147 years. Never before did a President—and Roosevelt is President with all that implies as to the dignity and respect—so far depart from that role as to deliver and appeal that might have been expected from & street corner orator. Los Angeles Times. ‘The flag-draped box stage on Franklin Field became a soap box Saturday night and from it the Presi- dent shouted for overthrow of the “princes of privilege” so that his own GOING AWAY? Accident and Baggage Insuramee. Le Roy Goff 1036 Woodward Bidg. Natl. 0340. RUPTURED sPEClAL' “ OPERATION SUPPORT OR OFFER TRUSS NECE! To prove the merits of this REMARKABLE REMEDY wri CO-OPERATIVE LABORATORIES Dept. 11, Piper Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 'PAINTING EXPERTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS RY W FERGUSON Stops Itching Of “Athlete’s Foot” SOLVEX relieves once; kills the R. K. GOLDEN RULE The Policy ot Barker's We sell only the highest- grade materials because / they're the cheapest in the long run and if we were buy- 7 ing instead of selling that's what we would buy. A lesson experience has taught! GEO. M. BARKER LUMBER and MILLWORK 649-651 N. Y. 7 NA. 1348, “The Lu Number" %z Tth St. N. political power may be perpetuated. Not since his chief ald, Tugwell, called upon the “farmers and work- ers” of America to band together against capitalism has there been a franker appeal to class prejudices and hatreds. Barely short of an appeal to force is his declaration that, as the result of the creation of a “new des- potism” of capital, “the average man once more confronts the problem that faced the Minute Men.” Lady’s Opportunity Large manufacturer seeks to in- terview personally an ambitl capable woman of g eputy personality who desires to own operate an exclusive women's wear shop in Washington. Modest cap- ital required. Write fully about yourself. Appointment in your eityy will be made for interview with Factory _Representative. ~Address Box 73-T. Star office. For Over the “Fourth” Order ‘Fairfax’ House Paint SPECIAL 82'95 gallon Take sadvan e of the holiday to PAIR- Every ingre- re. Many beautiful colors to select from. You Caw’t Buy Better, Why Pay More? l“‘1007 to any ome who can find wy water im Fairfax Paints. VAMERICAN" PARTY CANDIDATES RE-NOMINATED BY A HUGE MAJORIT WO CONVENTIONS are over. Two great parties have indicated their choice. But there’s still another great party—the “American” Party. Its candidates—Amoco- Gas and Orange American Gas—have been over- whelmingly re-nominated by the million and more voting motorists who support the “American” Platform of Service and Savings. They're re-nominated on a platform where the prom- ise is always performed. Amoco-Gas was the original candidate in the special motor fuel field 21 years ago— has always been returned to office, and is again the people’s choice. It costs a bit more by the gallon —but less by the mile. On the “regular” ticket, there’s. Orange American Gas—the best buy at regular gas price. A 100% clean- burning regular gasoline with a pure petroleum base, Orange American Gas gets action with new action for its followers everywhere. Already thousands and thousands of new voters are flocking to the “American” Party. Why not you? Join the. “ American” Party and vote at The Sign of Greater Values from Maine to Florida and inland. From Maine to Florida--Stop at The Sign of Greater Values! AMERICAN OIL COMPANY Also mgker of Amoco Motor Lubricants » MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1936. association of the nistoric Vienna Deutschmeister Regiment. % “As we were loyal to Franz Josef and Karl, now we are loyal to Otto,” Fey declared. Cheered by Veterans. Another speaker was cheered by the veterans when he said: “Kaiser Otto already is with us, because he is liv- ing in the heart of all Austrians.” The pronouncement of Fey, who was removed from the leadership of the Vienna Heimwehr (Home Guard) by Prince Ernst von Starhemberg, was seized on by political observers as s possible hint of which direction | Heimwehr sentiment may go. Fey is the idol of that faction of the Heimwehr which is cool toward Prince von Starhemberg. Otto Sends Message. ‘Through the Archduke Eugene, Otto sent a message to the veterans saying he accepted with joy all peti- tions by soldiers to be their honorary patron. Declared Otto: “As the old Aus- trian Army was moblilized only for‘i defense, s0 I hope the new army will be active only to repel aggressors.” In some quarters the phrase was | interpreted as warning to the Little Entente of Rumania, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia against military getion in the event of the restoration of the throne in Austria. Any size, 6 or 8 Exposure Rolls Developed 2 5e and Printed on Velox oo ints 3¢ RITZ STUDIO, 1112 G St. N, WOODWARD & LOTHROP 10" 11" F Avp G Sazers Special Selling Puovs Dismicr §300 In Time for July Fourth . Misses’ White Coats $ I 0.95 The Same Quality Coats Have Been in Our Regular Stock at $16.95 In time for your Fourth of July activities—and grand for the rest of the Summer week-ending and vacationing. The group includes swagger, topper and full-length styles, well-tailored and in the season’s popular fabrics. Also a group of Pastel Coats, reduced to Misses’ Coats, Tump FLOOR. $ $8.95 to $13.95 AMERICAN AMOCO