New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 28, 1928, Page 2

CALLS AL’ SHITH S4APPY WARRIOR Franklin D. Roosevelt Nominates l Governor for President of a state, has invariably carried them with him to become a great president. Look back over our list of presidents since the war between the states, when our rapid growth made our nation’s business an ex- pert’s t great presidents? New York guve to us Grover Cleveland teaching in Al- bany trust; Theodore Roosevelt preaching | the doctrine of the square deal for !all; Virginia and New Jersey gave to | us that pioneer of fellowship between (#— | nations, our great leader, Woodrow on. t us measure our present gov- rnor by those standards. Personal dership is a fundamental of suc- cesstul government. 1 do not mean the leadership of the band of good tellows and good schemers who tol- lowed President Harding. nor the purely perfunctory party loyalty which has part of the time in part of the country sustained the present chicf executive. ship which by shecr force of mind, Houston, Tex., June 28 Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech of | Wil nomination for Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York was as follows: | ¢ “T come for the third time to urge || upon a convention of my party, the nomination of the Governor of the State of New York. The faith which 1 held T still hold. It has been jus- tified in the achievement. The whole | country now I learned the rasure his greatness. ! During another four his every act has becn under the search- vears light of friend ard foe and he has| by chain of unanswerable logic has not been found wanting. Slowly. | bronght friends and foes alike to | surely, the proper understanding of | enact vitally needed measure of gov- «d from coast to to south. Most, crnment reform. Concede Record “His staunchest political adver saries concede the governor's unique and unparalled record of construc- tive achievement in the total reor ganization of the machinery of gov- rument in the business-like agement of state finance, in the cnactment of-a legislative program for the protection of men, women and children engaged in industry, in the improvement of the public health. and in the attainment of the finest standard of public service in the interest of humanity. has accomplished by a personality of vibrant, many sided appeal. which | ias swept along with it a legisla of a different political faith, Passover Veto “During the past month alone, the republican controlled congress of the United States repeatedly passed important bills over the veto of a republican president. During eight | years at Albany the wisdom of every this man has spr coast, from mnorth noteworthy is fuct, that the un- derstanding of his stature has been spread by no paid propaganda by no effort on his part to do other than devote his time, his head and his heart to the duties of his t erfies and the w the state, Hi most compromising opponent will | not deny that 1} chieved @n unprecedented popularity among the | people of this country. He is well| called ‘the Pathfinder to the open| road for ull true lovers of humanity.’ Must Make Sure “It i, however, not my belief that I should urge popularity as the eri- | terion in making our choic Al higher obligation falls upon us must, first of all, make sure th nominee possesscs the unusual qua fications called for by the high of- fice of president of these United | States. Mere party expediency must | be subservient to national good. We | are Americans even before we are democrats. “What sort of president do we need today? A man, I take it, who has four great characteristics, every one of them an cssential to the of- fice. First of all leadership, articu- | late, virile willing to bear responsi- bility, needing no official spokesman to interpret the oracle. Next, ox-| perience, that does not guess but | knows from long practice the science of governing, which is a very dif- ferent thing from mere technical bureau organizing. Then honesty— the honesty that hates hypoerisy and cannot live with concealment and deceit. “Last, and in this time, most vital, | that rare ability to make popular government function as it was in- tended to by the fathers, to reverse the present trend towards apathy | and arouse in the citizenship an ac- tive interest—a willingness to reas- sume its share of responsibillty for the nation’s progress. So only can we have once more a government not just for the people, but hy the people alxo Gets Assurance History gives us confident & ance that a man who has display e qualities as a great governor of re has Year after year White Kid in quantity because we anticipated its popularity--Twenty styles - - All heels - - Al A brilliant co OPEN FRIDAY A Who stand out as our | that public office is a public | 1 mean that leader- | man- | ‘This he | Blue and Matrron end Wh Futuristic Cloth NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1928. veto by a democratic governor has been sustained by a republican leg- islature. In the same way the fitness of his appointments has been rec- ognized and confirmed without ex- ception by a hostile republican state enate, whercas a friendly federal senate has on occasion after oc- casion rejected the nominations seat in by its titular party leader. “The second great need is experi- |ence. By this I refer not merely to length of time in office—] mean that practical understanding which comes from the long and thoughtful study of and daily dealings with the basic principles involved in the |science of taxation, of social wel- |tare, of industrial legislation, of governmental budgets and adminis- tration, of penology, of legislative procedure and practice, of constitu- | tional law. 1In all these matters the governor of New York has developed himself into an expert, recognized | and consulted by men and women of all parties, In any conference of scholars on these subjects he takes his place naturally as a trained and efficient specialist. He also possesses that mest unusual quality of select- {ing appointees not only skilled in the theoretical side of their work, | but able to give the highest admin- |istrative success to their task. The | high standard of the appointees of the governor, their integrity, their ability, has made strong appeal to the citizens of his state, urban and rural, regardless of party. I add ‘rural’ advisedly. for each succeed- ing gubernatorial election has shown for him even greater proportional gains In the agricultural sections than in the large communities, Slight Difference “As one who served his state in | the legislature of which this gover- nor was then also a member, and who later for nearly eight years held an administrative post under Presi- | dent Wilson at Washington, I ean | bear witness that the problems which confront the president at Washington differ chiefly in geogra- phic extent and not in the funda- mentals of political principle. The governor's study of the needs of his Sales the ‘l‘est SALADA sales continue to increase and Black ang White -+ |te . ite-- | over White - -- Cuban heelr f mbination o rtyle and cool summer com- fort - Jeveral smart patterns l/l;glr and Cuban heelr ving /hoers 171 MAIN STREET ND SATURDAY NIGHTS own state has given him deep in- sight into similar problems of other states and also of their application to the machinery and the needs of the federal government. In the last analysis a matter of administrative reform, of industrial betterment, of the regulation of public carriers, of the development of natural re- sources, of the retention of the own- ership of primary water power in the people, of the improvement of the lot of the farmer differs little, whether the problem occur in Al- bany. in Spokane, in Atlanta, or in Washington. “How well the people of his state have understood and approved the wise solution of these questions is best shown by the fact that he has been elected and re-elected, and re- elected, and again elected governor by huge majorities—in the hundreds of thousands—in a normally repub- lican state. Smith is Honest. “Now as to the requisite of hon- “Lb’) 1 do not mean an honesty that merely keeps a man out of jail. or an honesty that while avoiding personal smirch, hides the corrup- | tion of others. 1 speak of that hon- esty that lets a man sleep well of nights, fearing no senatorial investi- | gation, that honesty that demands | faithfulness to the public trust in & good oil; and theone-gallon tin is handy to carry in your car. rotect your ANY a good car is worn out before its tithe—many a needless repair bill is paid — because For not ket is safe to use in modern motors. develop (II‘:HS easy-pouring five- allon comfort. We must be concerned over our destination, not merely satisfied that the passing scenery is pleasant to the eye. We must be interested in whether that nationat destination be heaven or hell and rot content that the man at the wheel has assured_us that we shall there find a full bank account and a eoft bed. “In an era of the ready-made we | must not accept ready-made govern- ment; in a day of high powered ad- vertising we inust not fall for the false statements of the most highly organized propaganda ever devel- oped by the owners of the republi- can party. We do not want to| change these United Sovercign States of America into the ‘United States, Incorporated,’ with a liniit- | ed and self-perpetuating board of | directors and no voting power in | the common stockholders. “This is a time of national danger unless America can be roused again to wakefulness. 1 say this in no| spirit of the demagog. in no wish | to attack the legitimate course of the life or business of our citizens. 1 see -only one hope of a retusa to | that particapation by the people in their government which hitherto marked us out as the great out- standing success ‘lnung democratic publics. that honesty action to every public servant, which takes immediate correct abuse. “The whole story of his conatant and peraistent efforts to insure the practice of the spirit as well as the letter of official and private probity in public places is so well under- stood by the voters of his state that more and more republicans vote for him every time he is attacked. This is a topic which need not be en- larged upon. The voting public of the nation is fully wise cnough to compare the ethical standards of of- ficial Albany with those of official Washington. Governor Excels. “And now last of all, and where the governor excels over all the poli- tical leaders of this day, comes the ability to interest the people in the mechanics of their governmental machinery. to take the engine apart and show the function of each wheel. “Power to impart knowledge of and create interest in, government is | the crying nead of our time. The soul of our country, lulled by mere material prosperity, has passed through elght gray years. “Our people must not acqulesce in the easy thought of being mero | passengers so0 long as the drivers and mechanics do not disturb our drum gives you a home supply of SAFE tougher oil. That is why it is safe of careless oil buying. every oil on the mar- its body long after or Today’s higher speeds a terrific engine heat inferior oils. 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