Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 June 1936 — Page 7

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By United Press : , June 26.-~The text of the speech of Judge John E. - Mack of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., nominating President Roosevelt for reelection follows: 4. Mr. Chairman and Delegates to - the Democratic National Conven“tion: “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 busi- . ness prospects and the future of +. our country as a whole. At that time, the convention had promised an earnest, sincere and determined

. effort, under the leadership of a

man whose courage was un- » Questioned, to bring about a recov- . ery from {lls accentuated and ine creased by Republican 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 calculat- '; ed to succeed in carrying out and + continuing the rehabilitation so . quickly begun and so successfully carried out since 1933. “I am here to nominate such a man. Probably because 1 have such an intimate knowledge of this man and his early history, I have been selected for the honor of presenting him to you.

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BOYHOOD RECALLED

“We were raised as boys in adjoining towns, but with different horizons. My horizon was the Hud3 son Valley—his the universe. I was his senior in years. As a Democratic office holder, I presented his name as our candidate for state $ Senator in 1910. 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 for the benefit © of his state and his country. His & district was almost hopelessly Re- % publican. With his usual perserverance and courage he stumped it in # company with Dick Connell, a much older man, the Democratic candidate for Congress. Dick had been the perennial Democratic candidate in this wholly Republican district. Whenever he came to a little old red country schoolhouse, he went in and made a speech on patriotism to the pupils and teacher. The congressman and Senator were both swept into office. “From the beginning our rnominee, although coming from a distin‘guished family, fought the fight of the common people, and against the domination of the railroads, then at their height of their power. He opposed the efforts through a period of depression and farm foreclosures. He opposed the efforts of the Chambers of Commerce in his district to freeze out industries which paid their employes a living wage. He opposed the blacklist, secretly managed by manufacturers’ associations.

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“When this young man arrived in

his own party was about to send to Washington as United States Senai tor a man definitely tied up with ' § powerful and selfish traction interests. He immediately took up the | ight against this betrayal of the " people's trust. He continued it with § such determination and unflinch- * ing courage that the nomination f was blocked and there was selected { as United States Senator a lawyer # and judge of unquestioned probity : and integrity. ! “The triumphant re-election of . % our nominee in 1912 was proof of i the confidence the people of his { district had in him, and a recogni- # tion of his leadership in the state Senate. It was also a demonstration of the fact that he represented not any particular interest, but the entire people. “His service in the New York LegS4slature directed the attention of Zthe nation to this young man. He © was invited to become Assistant % Secretary of the Navy by Presifdent Woodrow Wilson, a post 2 formerly filled by his illustrious

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“Happy in the knowledge that he was pulling his own weight in the boat, in 1928 he camé 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 friendship.

RECORD AS GOVERNOR

“He came to 1932 with a background of four successful years as Governor of the Empire state. Despite an opposition majority in the legislative body, his every nomination had been confirmed, and nearly every important proposition submitted by him was ultimately approved and put into legislative form. In his own state, as Governor, he came to be known as the champion of the liberties of the plain

people. “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 speeial class. It had at last become apparent that the great banking and financial and business interests had through mismanagement, 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 Administration which had given them aid and comfort had any

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RECOVERY REVIEWED

“As a result, on March 4, 1933, there came to the city of Washington, as the chief executive of the United States, a man with this splendid background and thorough training, filled with relentless determination to rejuvenate this nation, to break down special privilege and to place this country on a permanenfly sound and stable footing. 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, with the aid of a Democratic Cengress and with the aid of the forwardlooking, country-loving and farseeing Progressives and Republicans, he proceeded to place this counfry on its feet. ; “We have blazed a path to prosperity and security. Our faces are toward progress. ‘We shall not turn back in this conflict between greed and humanity. Sg “Our friendly enemies—friendly until the approaching election— cheerful until the approaching election, suddenly discover that the nation is going to the dogs. “Wherice come these cries? Not from the farm owner and home

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CLAIMS MILLIONS AIDED

“Not from the million and a half boys who have obtained employment in the CCC camps.

“Not from the millions who have |

received employment through instrumentality of the relief and

| public works agencies.

“Not from the suffering, farmers whose purchasing power is veing restored. e “Not from the citizens of that vast section of the country where lives and property are being preserved by flood control. * “Not from the millions now re ceiving electrical energy at a fair rate because of the efforts of the TVA, the Federal Power Authority and other instrumentalities of the government. “Not from the millions whose future is assured by the Social Security Act. “Not from the millions of depositors whose savings in banks are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. “Not from the small merchants and storekeepers. -. “Not from those having investments providing moderate living incomes. “Not from the millions of workers for whose benefit- we have endeavored to insure a living wage. “From where then arise the cries of anger and the vicious attacks?”

RAPS FINANCIAL INTERESTS

“From those. who themselves brought about the great depression. From the great financial interests whose high-powered salesmen induced foreign countries unnecessarily to plunge themselves into debt and unload their bonds on trusting

“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 government which their wealth had given them is now gone. They know, from the new laws supervising holding companies, regulating of the sale of securities, from the Social Security Act, and from the new tax laws, along with a score 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 whether they are going to turn

them back to this same small group |

whose. destructive abuse of their

former power was responsible for all our troubles.

‘READY FOR ISSUE

“We are ready for the issue. We have ended starvation, bread lines, soup kitchens, and have brought this country through the greatest depression ever known. “With increasing national income and increasing national prosperity, we are moving forward. The credit 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

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