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' FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1936, Ha

TONIGHT: THE VOICE OF SAU gr HERBERT HOOVER'S appearance. tonight at Philadelphia as a pleader for Gov. Landon’ s election should For when he mounts the rostrum now he can indorse the Kansan without ‘reservation. Time ‘and pressure have changed the Landon policies into the Hoover policies. At last the two are talk-

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: ing the same language.

. and co-operated with most of it.

would be rejuvenated. The New Deal would not be vetoed 7, ~ but-made into an efficient’ and common sense affair. 1c

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- The “discovery” of Landon at Topeka a year ago was ~ hailed as a great liberal find.. Here was a Republican New Dealer. He had praised much of the Roosevelt program, Under him the G. O. P.

The old dealers did not enthuse. Hooverites fought

* Landon openly in:Qalifornia and: at. Cleveland.

+ Gradually, however, Landon changed. The shrill voices

3 of the Roosevelt haters drowned out the wiser counsel of

the Republican liberals. One by one the Landon ideas were _ dropped, those of the Old Guard substituted. Today the Landon program is virtually the Hoover program. For

. instance:

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1. The farm program: In his Des Moines speech; Landon proposed to substitute for crop surplus control a device |

~ similar to the old Hoover farm. board plan for buying up

~ surpluses of exportable crops—a plan.that has been esti mated to cost two billions a year and end ‘with no more than ~ Hoover had to show for the money spent, . 2, Tariff: In place of the reciprocal trade treaties, Gov. Landon’at Minneapolis urged: a return to the Hoover flexible tariff with a Smoot-Hawley yardstick. + + 3. Social security: At Milwaukee, Gov. Landon urged that all the essentials of the Social Security Act be tossed out of the window, leaving only a Federal dole for the aged needy. 4. Relief: At Cleveland, Landon assailed the Roosevelt relief program, which he once praised, and demanded a return of relief tp the states, leaving them to decide whether it should be work relief, cash doles or food baskets. ~ In his very expressions these latter days Landon resembles the ex-President. ‘When he speaks of “freeing business enterprise,” ‘‘unshackling initiative,” the “American way of life,” one can almost hear Hoover talking.

Verily when Gov. Landon talks the voice is Jacob's, but Tonight we will hear .Esau’s own

the hands are Ess S. voice,

. READ THE 22 PLATFORM

EAL SMITH back in the spotlight shedding salty tears’

over the splinters of the 1932 Democratic platform. Only two planks, he says, have been redeemed—the repeal plank and the stock market control plank.

We hope Al's statement will prompt you, as it did us, |

to reread that platform. Of dourse, no platform ever has

been carried out to the last letter, comma and. semi-colon.

None could be, for the simple reason that conditions change. But read the platform anyway. Read its statement of general objectives. Read the many planks Al says have been repudiated. Read all of it, promise by promise, and then compute the Roosevelt batting average,

|" Read “about competitive tariffs and restoration of

foreign trade by reciprocal agreements, about unemployment and old-age insurance and government responsibility for human welfare and protection of children, . Read the farm plank—all of it, not just the part Al read. Read the pledge to conserve and develop water power

pnd natural resources in the public interest; the pledge to

protect investors by requiring publicity on security offerings; the promise of Federal regulation of holding com- ~ panies and utilities operating across state lines. Read the plank on bank reforms, divorcement of invéstment from commercial banking and the restriction of bank credit for speculative purposes. but firm foreign policy; the pledge of co-operation with

other Western Hemisphere republics; the promise 5 free

the Philippines. Read all these planks. Stack them up beside the New

Deal record. And Jigs’? ‘for yourself. i:

INVERTED LOGIC... en D® FRANCIS E. TOWNSEND is back in the news with the; not unexpected annountement- that when he votes

out in. California it’ will ¢ ‘be for “an untried man, ‘Gov.

Landon.” Neither Roosevelt Tor. tanion gives support to the Townsend Plan. But the Roosevelt Plan, in actual opera-

tion, offers eventual security for all aged workers without.

need of the pauper's oath, and to that extent approaches the - Townsend Plan's ideal for removing the stigma of poverty ~ from the elderly. The, Landon Plan, only a vague blueprint, is not within: hailing distance of this ideal. - 4 Hence, Landon is the" logical, candidate’ for ‘the Townsendites. “Voila! We ‘presume this is all ‘clear to Dr. Townsend. But

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Read the statement of a neighborly, :

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler

Criticism of Versailles Treaty Recalls - to Writer 'Kindness' of German Nation Toward Enemies.

NEW YORK, Oct. 16.—Every time I see some reference to the vindictive folly of the Treaty of Versailles and the attempt. to enslave a great people, I recall the loving

1 kindness of the German nation toward its

enemies and the hopeful augury of the treaty they made with the Russians when they had them by the throat. A generous lot the Germans were, ‘as they had demonstrated in their dealings with France in 1870 and when at last there came an end to the Great War, if they had been victorious, no doubt they wauld have begged the pardon of the French for the unavoidable destruction of their towns and factories in the fury of: the scuffle and repaired the damage at their own expense. : aa assume, too, that they would § have made no’ grab for'the British: & colonies nor any -move toward a reduction of .the. British navy. _Aud, alttiough the Kaiser, jn the . ! heat’ of ‘anger, had wired the King of Italy in 1915, “I shall never = Mr. Pegler forget your perfidy, what he - meant was probably that he intended to reward Italy with certain gifts along the Adriatic by way of returns ing good for evil. In ‘a way it seems a ‘shame the Germans didn’t win because surely the world would have been much better off today, so gracious were the Kaiser's hosts in all their terms with conquered people and so loath to exploit for sordid gain or the enhancement of their own prestige the helpless plight of a beaten foe. Calais: they would- have. let alone because, after all, it wasn’t really theirs though theirs it would have been for the taking. Belgium would have been kept sovereign and independent and Germany would have helped her to her feet and brushed her off.

It is grotesque to think they might have inter-

‘ fered with Britain’s trade or soaked up Poland, ex-

cept in a brotherly way for the Polish people’s own protection. And if they had sent armies to parade along Whitehall or the : Place de la Concorde, those troops would have goné as emissaries of peace, not to humilitate the natives or enforce the payment of cash indemnities. 2 wn» HE Germans, not being predatory but wishing only to live in peace and be let alone, would have made no passes at any islands off our coasts, suitable for naval bases, would have reaffirmed the Monroe Doctrine without our asking, and doubtless would have let us keep our navy -mtact. And of course they would have spurned all thought of a cash penalty for our error in resisting their beneficial will.” © Yes, the Treaty of Versailles was a poisonous document inflicting vengeance on a noble race but ‘there was no way of knowing at the time that Germany was kind and good. The French, those ingrates, thought the Treaty of Frankfort with its exactions of gold and territory had been rather harsh on them, and the rest of the world was puzzled and alarmed by the Germans’ reticence when asked :to name their aims. Their intention was to help their neighbors and live on cordial terms with one and all but, like all great, gruff giants with a heart of gold and tender sentiments, the Kaiser and his people put on a rough exterior to conceal their sentimental nature. ” t J # ou sometimes hear of a heavy-handed, roaring bull-dozer who beats his wife, kicks his dog and persecutes his employes not because of any brutal

streak in’ his nature, but because, on the contrary, he doesn't want the world to to know how a he.

really is.

Kai vin

. : ; . } : The Hoosier Forum 1 wholly disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it—Voltaire.

LISTENER TIRES OF CAMPAIGN CAMP SONGS By John Cotton - oie ly » A campaign of camp songs is o on

the air. As one. has a radio ren- : ‘dezvous With Roosevelt, we hear the

songs of “Qh, Susannah” and

| “Happy Days Are Here Again: 44 Now ‘we have

“Knox, Knox,” “Who's there?” . “Landon.” £5 “Landon who?”.. “Land-on sea, it’s Roosevelt for me.”

All the Republican Party is doing.

is just’ knocking. Why don’t they offer something besides a balanced

‘| budget and lower taxes. If they

don’t ‘offer. something soon, I'm going to ‘Yote the Democratic ticket.

‘| CLARKS HILL READER SEES SPRINGER VICTORY

Br Howard” Hudelston, Clarks Hill - “ Mr. ‘Samuel Snodgrass, Fort ‘Wayne, says in the Sept. 26 issue’

‘that Franklin Delano Roosevelt will | be re-electéd President Nov. 3. and | to just’ forget about any other possi-

bility,

Well, T am surely surprised to hear that, but I can make a more startling statement than that. I can safely say that we would

have a- Democratic Governor in the

State of Indiana beginning Jan. 1— if The Times could only talk Candi~ date Springer into changing his politics after his election on Nov. 3.

. # u = TAKES CONTRIBUTORS TO © TASK FOR F. D. R. CRITICISM By Janies Rand, Monticello : .1 was very. much disgusted and chagrined after reading two letters in"the Hoosier Forum recently; one by W. F. E. and the other by Mr, George H. Jeffrey. One attacks President Roosevelt because of his “non-political speech” and the other hecause he sees “politics” in the drought tour. Will nothing ever

satisfy the G. O. P.? Now, W. F. E,, you are fully aware of the nature of the President's trip, and also of the crisis that confronts the nation because: of the drought. You fail to realize that President Roosevelt is too big a man to even think of ‘placing his own political aspirations before the urgent needs

of the American people. When two.

big men, such ‘as Roosevelt and Landon lay aside their political difs ferences and meet: on common ground for the sake of humanity and the welfare of the nation, such

a deed is beyond the reproach of |

any one. . . . They demonstrated to America that regardless of the out« come of the election Nov. 3, this nation will not want for a couragéous leader. Moreover, W. F. E,, you certainly have not followed Franklin D. Roosevelt for the last four years or you would know that the President | does not deal in “glittering generalities” but on the contrary, says exactly what he thinks. ... . Jeffrey, we have those 1 taxes with which to contend. Sielligunt: aie

General Hugh Johnson Says—

‘if Economic Crisis

NEV YORK, Oct 16 —Here’s a new expert opinion on the economic crisis of 1933. Speaking of

it of 1933 ‘Was "Mere Excuse’ for Granting Emergency Powers to F. D. R., as Landon Says, Then Flood Was ‘Excuse’ for Noah

guished leaders never signed the code.” Yes, and hat Sone, Fiver thay UE Wis Yo “Compuiaey

the President by Congress, | regulation.” emergency powers granted Sen

-|~Gov. Landon says: “In my

Mr. Landon's “

1033 was a mere a ; a “mere excuse” or George Washington and SHY Incropeing Yam

" was In

Aes ‘(Times readers are

x invited to - eXpress their views in these col‘umns, religious controversies excluded. Make your letter short, so all can have a chance. Letters must be signed, but names will be . withheld on request.)

knows that business is coming back,

-|and coming back strong ....

* Since when, Mr. Jeffrey, was it not altogether fifting and proper for

Lo any American city to pay homage

to, the nation’s chief executive, whenever he pays a visit, even if it is a campaign year? And since when has paying respect to any high official been termed “political?” Surely, Mr. Jeffrey, as a former United States District Attorney, you know

better than that. Many fair-mind--

ed Landon supporters honored the President on that occasion: the same

as many fair-minded Roosevelt sup- |

porters honoted Govemor Landon when he passed through the orth ern part of olir great state. « os 8 READER SAYS FIGHTS BETWEEN POOR INCITED By John Kazangean, San Francisco - Mr. William Randolph Hearst claims the acts of Roosevelt are unconstitutional, but I wonder why the holding companies and Wall Street have their lawyers in Washington. They have been in the habit of making their own laws to suit themselves. Is this in our Constitution? When it benefits Mr. Hearst and his party there is no kick in

the Hearst papers about Violation of the Constitution. It is my opinion that there is no difference between fascism and communism, for with Mr. Hearst's. and Stalin’s communism both parties are against human rights and

| human freedom. Mr. Hearst ad-

vertises that communism makes all the trouble between the poor people, so that they fight each other, which he enjoys. 2 ” 8 MEN, LIKE ‘SHEEP, FOLLOW BLINDLY, WRITER BELIEVES By James Ww. Cory

Recently visiting on' a farm, I was deeply impressed by the dumbness of the average sheep. To them

EPITAPHS

BY DANIEL: FRANCIS CLANCY His own epitaph he wrote, But he did not know That there would be no Tombstone on which it

could glow. wry Own-epitaphers’ should note.

" DAILY THOUGHT And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and

perverteth the words of the Hight eous.—Exodus 23:8.

- MAN who is ¢ is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his an much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy. Gold is a wonderful of the ners

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it is a continuous game of “Follow the leader.” No thought of danger,

blind following .... Many men, like sheep, follow blindly, regardless of the way or the results. Most of them seldom think for themselves as it is too wearisome for: most moderns. . . . So it is politically today, as it is often religiously; that a too-trust-ing citizenry forgets the bleak days of the past, the record of unfilled promises, the green pastures near on every hand, and the many beneficences of a kindly government. They blindly and bleatingly follow after many of those same leaders of the desolation four years ago. How sad it is when sane mankind, surrounded by every evidence of returned prosperity, closes its eyes to evidences of good times, and hears only the vague promises of a 8 tepud: fated leadership. a 48

CURIOUS. sour

kindly advise me ‘through this Forum why Al finds it necessary to use volumes of explanation for tak

when more and better men pass each other in a similar walk every four years without a single blare of trumpet, thereby commanding our sincere respect for their convictions. .. . . Possibly Al has something on the ball now that he held out on the party he led to ignominious defeat in ‘28, but more likely it is a case of mortally injured ego. We are curious to know. ” 2 8 TIME FOR HONEST THINKING; WRITER OPINES :

By Hector, Crawfordsville .

Now is the time for the od voter to go into his closet, taking his conscience with him, and. do some honest thinking. If he is to listen to hooey about the Constitution being in danger, he should remember that in the entire history of our nation the Supreme Court has declared 69 acts of Congress unconstitutional. Of these acts, only 22 were passed by Dentocratic Congresses, while the Republican Congresses passed 42. ‘The’ voter-has a chance this year to discover which of two political systems he fits into, for there have States took shape. Each has a never been altogether bounded by party lines. : This year there are voters who have been called Republicans who are voting for men, rather than for money—and there are Democrats, you've heard some of them over the radio, who are for money first: now that they belong to the money crowd. So it has‘ever been. Such persons look out for their own . interests, as they see them. And that is your privilege, as well as theirs Shall we go forward or go back to the time when a man with his life’s investments ‘in business or property didn’t know one year what would happen to him the next?

about 1932, when a man couldn't | - > (Turn to Page 15)

no individualism, no thinking—just.

Will some aad friend of Al smith

ing a little sfroll around the block,

been only two since the United’ clearly defined history that has|’

: to

As for the threatened taxes, what -

lt Seems to Me By Heywood Broun

Finds Power Magnates Look Mild and Are Planning to Carry On Even if Roosevelt Is Re-Elected.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va,

Oct. '16.—There must be a good newspaper story somewhere up and down the lobby because the key men of the Edison interests are holding a convention. The trou-

ble is they all look so mild that it is quite impossible to pick a power magnate from a regular guest of the hotel. The political cartoonists of the liberal and radical papers have made a type of the power magnate. In their cartoons the utility man is taller and fatter than any of his fellows. In searching after some mage nate or other I am likely to be accosted by the reform press and asked why I insist on standing : . ‘with my feet upon the neck of the down-trodden. One man in the lobby seemed more the type of a utility baron than any of us, but he turned out to be a retired wheat farmer from Montana. The aver age utility man looks just like anybody you might have run into in the subway. Here, for instance, is Gerard Swope, brother of Herbert Bayard Swope, chairman of the Racing Come mission of the State of New York. I believe Mr. Gerard Swope has something to do with the ‘General Electric Co. His interests, therefore, may be as large in the eyes of the public as’ that of his younger brother. But Gerard Swope pre-

‘sents no such eye-filling picture as does Herbert Bay-

ard Swope, the commissioner. Indeed, if you were to see the two Swope brothers approaching a public rostrum bearing news you would bate your breath for the message of Herbert rather than Gerard. - ” ” » « ENERAL ELECTRIC is a company which moves quietly its wonders to perform. 1 believe it is fond of saying that it is not truly a public utility, and so we won't go into that, but Mr. Willkie is here and he has figured prominently in many of the yardstick fights between the Administration and the private operators. Indeed, he was once mentioned by Walter Lippmann as the type of dedicated individual who ought to be able to sit down and adjust the power situation with the President. Of late the boys seem to be getting closer together. At any rate, one hears almost ho political speculation around this gathering of Edison men. It may be, per haps, that they are unusually discreet. The atmose phere, however, is more nearly that of a group which has already discounted the future and is proceeding

accordingly. I HAVE: just been coughing along the edges of this convention and ‘that of the National. Advertisers which came before it. And there was very little come

fort for Landon ‘supporters. A good many men spokes with more or less violence against the President. Some of them even expressed a firm belief in his defeat, but no one would take less than two to one when it came betting. This much is fair to say, a very consider« sie campaign has come out of Chicago based on the peatéd assertion that unless Roosevelt were defeated it Pe polls this country in a measurable and signifii way would differ from any estate it had known fore. The phrase, “Twenty-one days. left to save Amerfea,” is not unfamiliar to you. I am simply stating

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-that within a few days representatives of very large

businesses have met in this place and that their general trend of mind seems to he that after: election: day there still be an America much like the one they had’ ; indeed, more in optimism than in La a Ran that Alfred M. Lan-

ington Merrind

i Writers Describe ‘Pioneer,

“Private Car in. ‘Which President Roosevelf

Campaigns; Col. Starling Invented Desk F. D. R. Uses on Rear Platform,

‘By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen BOARD PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’ ‘oAM- |

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