Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 138, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 October 1932 — Page 17

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Declaration of i.■... . ' - i, \ _ ‘ / Independence Jl^ 4 - .-I \

WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, shall go to the polls on November Bth with a single purpose, —to elect a national administration competent to restore the prosperity of the American farmer, business mfan and wage earner, and committed by its platform to policies which will achieve that end. For four years the Republician administration has not only failed to check the steady decline in prices of commodities and farm products, the shrinkage in trade and the calamity of widespread unemployment, but has prolonged and accelerated these misfortunes by the passage of the iniquitous Hawley-Smoot tariff bilk The Hawley-Smoot tariff bill is, in our deliberate opinion, the most unsound and the most damaging tariff legis-

CHAS. H. SABIN Chairman of the Board. Guarantee Trust Cos. Largest Trust Company on Earth De LANCY KOUNTZE Chairman of the Board, Devoe & Raynolds Cos.. Largest Makers of Paint on Earth

JOHN J. BLACKWELL President John J. Blackwell & Sons, Inc. JOSEPH M. BLOCH Secretary-General Manager Gibson Automobile Cos. ARTHUR BOHN Vonnegut. Bohn and Mueller ROBERT BRACKEN Vice-President and Manager Union Trust Joint Stock Land Bank WILLIAM A. BRENNAN Real Estate GARVIN M. BROWN Secretary-Treasurer Indianapolis Stove Company LEE BURNS Burns and James DR. EDMUND D. CLARK LESLIE COLVIN Contractor G. M. CORNELIUS President Cornelius Publishing Company, Inc. DR. F. W. CREGOR JOHN F. DARMODY President-Treasurer J. F. Darmody Cos.. Inc. CLYDE B. DETAR General Superintendent Krenn & Da to Construction Cos.

THE PATRIOTIC LEAGUE FOR BUSINESS BETTERMENT

THE SIMPLE DECLARATION OF FAITH expressed on this page is signed by clear-thinking American business and industrial leaders. Some are Republicans, some are Democrats, but political affiliations are to them relatively unimportant. They are neither office-seekers nor campaign orators. Their vote on Election Day is governed by one supreme consideration —to obtain a business administration that is.economiccdly sound and which will create markets for the products of American farms and factories, put unemployed men back to work, and restore the American standard of living in every home. To accomplish this purpose, they here announce their intention of voting for, a Democratic President and Congress.

HON. HOWARD BRUCE Former U. S. Senator, Maryland Chairman of the Board, Bartlett Hayward Cos. Makers of Gas Engines, etc. HON. FREDERICK D. GARDNER Former Governor of Missouri President, St. Louis Mfg. Cos.

WM. A. DURKIN Vice-President Walsh Construction Cos. ROBERT B. EVANS Treasurer Evans Milling Cos. WILLIAM L. ELDER Real Estate B. ELSEY Secretary-Treasurer Indianapolis Glove Cos. FRANK M. FAUVRE Vice-President Fauvre Coal Cos. ALBERT G. FEENEY Feeney-State Furniture Cos. J. P. FRENZEL Chairman of Board Indiana Trust Cos. * ' JOSEPH C. GARDNER Joseph Gardner Cos. MAX E. GRAVES % Graves, Nave Cos. MARK R. GRAY Editor Indianapolis Commercial GEORGE M. GAHAGAN Treasurer Central Publishing Cos. CHAS. A. GREATHOUSE JR. President-Treasurer Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse Printing Cos. GEORGE C. GRIFFIN Vice-President Schnull & Cos.

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WILLIAM P. HABIG Habig Brothers WILLIAM B. HARDING President G. & J. Tire Cos. R. P. HARRINGTON Harrington and Folger GEORGE HILGEMIER Vice-President F. Hilgemier & Cos. C. C. HOLSTEIN Auditor Belt R. R. & Stockyards Cos. FRED HOKE Vice Pres. Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Cos. SYLVESTER JOHNSON President New Wrecking Cos. LEROY J. KEACH James L. Keach THOMAS J. KELLY President Advance Paint Cos. WILLIAM E. KENNEDY P. W. Kennedy and Son FREDERICK C. KRAUSS President Paul H. Krauss Cos. GEORGE KUHN Secretary-Treasurer Klein & Kuhn F. H. LANGSENKAMP President F. H. Langsenkamp Cos. HENRY J. LANGSENKAMP President Langsenkamp-Wheeler Brass Works

PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

lation ever enacted in this country or in any country. It has robbed our farmers, our manufacturers and our merchants of their foreign markets. It has driven Americian factories into foreign countries. Its prohibitive rates* have created international ill-will, and have led more than forty countries to take retaliatory action against the United States. The Republican party widely sponsored this law is committed to its continuance. The Democratic party which opposed this law is pledged to its repeal. We shall vote the national Democratic ticket, because we believe that only a Democratic administration and Democratic Congress will bring this country back to a state of economic health and universal prosperity, “with equal rights to all, special privileges to none.”

W. H. WOODIN, President American Car Manufacturing Cos Largest Makers of Cars on Earth / B. M. BARUCH, Banker New York

A. J. LAUTH President Lauth Motors, Inc. ALBERT LIEBER Vice-President Gritt, Inc. JOHN J. MADDEN President John J. Mfg. Cos. WILLIAM M. MADDEN W. M. Madden and Cos. THOMAS MAHAFFY President Consolidated Finance Cos. JAMES E. MANLEY President Columbia Construction Cos. WILLIAM T. M’HUGH CHARLES L. M’NAMARA President McNamara-Koster Foundry Cos. LEO C. M'NAMARA „ Jas. E. McNamara Construction Cos. FRANK L. MEIER President Meier Electric and Machine Cos. JOHN E. MESSICK Foster and Messick WILLIAM J. MOONEY President Mooney-Mueller-Ward Cos. WILLIAM F. MOORE Sec'y.-Treasurer Smith Moore Cos.

HON. HENRY F. BYRD . Former Governor of Virginia Largest Grower of Apples in America VINCENT ASTOR Largest Real Estate Owner in New York

DANIEL G. MORAN President Moran Trucking Cos. G. B. MOXLEY President Kiefer-Stewart Cos. CHARLES A. MOYNAHAN President Moynahan Properties Cos. DR. THOMAS NOBLE SR. WILLIAM L. O’CONNOR President M. O’Connor <fc Cos. WILLIAM W. PIEL Secretary Piel Bros. Starch Cos. F. B. RANSOM Mgr. Mme. C. J. Walker Mfg. Cos. SAMUEL E. RAUIT Chairman of Board Stock Yards and Belt Ry. Cos. GEORGE RICE President Pittman-Rice Coal Cos. JOHN J. REILLY Fieber <fc Reilly WILLIAM M. ROCKWOOD Sec.-Treas. Rockwood Mfg. Cos. A. M. ROSENTHAL Standard Paper Cos. ROY SAHM Secretary Bessire <fe Cos. T. P. SEXTON Secretary Fidelity Trust Cos. THOMAS D. SHEERIN Thomas D. Sheerin & Cos.

JESSE I. STRAUS, President R. H. Macy & Cos. The Largest Department Store on ■ Earth J

WILLIAM M. SCHUMACHER President John A. Schumacher Cos. WILLIAM C. SMITH President Marion County Construction Cos. JOHN E. SPIEGEL General Agent Pacific Mutual • Life Insurance Cos. THEODORE STEMPFEL Vice-President Fletcher American National Bank SKILES E. TEST President Indianapolis Motor Inns J. H. TRIMBLE President Trimble Realty Corp. FRANKLIN VONNEGUT President Vonnegut Hardware Cos. ROSS WALLACE President Aetna Trust Cos. DAVID E. WATSON President Indpls. Street Railway Cos. JOHN R. WELCH President John R. Welch & Sons, Inc. ARTHUR WOLF Vice-President State Auto Ins. Assn. EVANS WOOLLEN President Fletcher Trust Cos. - FRANK WOOLLING Real Estate CARL F. WALK President Julius C. Walk & Son, Inc,

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