THE UNHAPPY TRIMMERS!
THE UNHAPPY TRIMMERS! Trading Begins in Chicago Democratic Convention Nothing But a Bargain Counter for SelfSeeking Politicians (By Special Correspondent) •/-iHICAGO.—The Happy...
...The facts are that I wrote Haiti's Constitution myself, and if I do say it, I think it is a p r e t t y g o od Constitution...
...Is again chummy w i th W a l k e r , t he Mayor who is responsible f or New York's incompetent a nd corrupt administration...
...The Democratic convention should force millions of Americans to seek refuge from Hoover smugness and Democratic trimming in the ranks of a growing Socialist movement...
...hy worry about issues...
...OWEN D. YOUNG A FEUDAL magnate of the General Electric Company, one of the powerful key organisation* of American capitalism...
...ALTBEO E. SMITH FODUCT of Tammany Hall Sponsored Walker for Mayor and Roosevelt for Governor...
...Baker is today the at tomey for some of the greatest oorpo nation in...
...Started out with the pretense of being a progressive, but has gradually become a thoroughgoing reactionary in his economic doctrines...
...Drys are ready to vote for wets, and wets for drys...
...Roosevelt w as quoted as saying: "You know I h a v e had something to do with the running of a couple of little republics...
...Trading Begins in Chicago Democratic Convention Nothing But a Bargain Counter for SelfSeeking Politicians (By Special Correspondent) •/-iHICAGO.—The Happy War rior has become the Unhappy Trimmer...
...Prc-convention Chicago Is one of the most Indecent spectacles your correspondent has ever witnessed, paralleled only by other Democratic conventions...
...It Is a motley crew of self-serving politicians and offers no hope to the American people...
...The convention Is nothing more nor less than a bargain counter...
...No «e senma to wonder that McAdoo, Jae dry and favorite son of the **« Ku Klux Man...
...does not astonish any of the practical politicians assembled here...
...in August, 1920...
...Mayor Jimmy Walker of New York, who 'om\years ago denounced McAdotf «• » bigot, is believed in on the tail The atmosphere in Chicago is Just a haze of intrigue and trim¦tag...
...That...
...p. H. A GALLERY Of DEMOCRATIC UNNWORTHIES NEWTON I...
...Has a i d e d i n t he D e m o c r a t i c p a r t y councils w i t h Raskob, the du Fonts and* other leaders of big business...
...Tin man who Is a bully for capitalism abroad will be safe for capitalism and Imperialism In Washington...
...No one ever accused him of disloyalty to the g r e a t capitalist Interests of the nation...
...should be rePorted making deals with Smith, to* dripping wet who twice found MnMeir embattled with McAdoo w*r a religious iMue...
...This Identity of the two parties in t h e House induced one Congressman to call t h e two - p a r ty team a "kissing bee...
...Beginning in 1922 when he became president of the chamber it headed a union smashing campaign by big business...
...And this Is what the people are asked to accept as an alternative to the capitalistic smugness of Herbert Hoove...
...Of course, the trimmers will ultimately choose a candidate for President and a platform...
...Nothing can be predicted with certainty, and anything may happen...
...There Is also a report that Al Smith will take the floor to lead the fight on Roosevelt, the man who twice nominated Smith for President...
...Bryan Democrats are ready to vote for high protection, and followers of Owen Young are prepared to deal with the trust-busters...
...Local newspapers carried full page advertisements favoring the "open shop" and signed by Baker...
...Isolation!** Smith is also reIfitsd in negotiations with League ¦Rations Imker...
...Tammany is pfepared to make any deal that will save Walker from the Seabury committee and removal at the (Mfc of Roosevelt...
...High powered publicity has sold Young as a "great Democrat" JOHN N. OAKNEK DEMOCRATIC Speaker Of the House with whom President Hoover directly confers in arranging DemocraticRepublican cooperation...
...In a speech in Butte, Mon...
...Aa tbe Democratic convention is shout to beirin, it is reliably reported that the AI Smith and McAdoo forces are negotiating in a to»l to "atop Roosevelt...
...Before the World War the great plants of this c o m p a n y at Schenectady had powerful organizations of workers...
...is prevailing aentiment here...
...Since the war the trade unions have been rooted out and a Company union under the absolute control of the plant manager rules the workers' lives...
...Any one observing the pre-conventlon antics of the Democratic leaders must feel convinced that the Democratic party is not a political party...
...He h as been c a l l e d a " D e m o c r atic Coolidge" and a "good, safe-nolticlan with an innocuous record who knows the game and how to play it...
...Roosevelt leaders are frantically begging Tammany to get on the bandwagon...
...KA&ER S~vNOB the W o e U U of Tom I f Johnson in Cleveland who, la town battled for ths underdog...
...FRAN*UN D. KOONEVELT rm man who is safe for American Imperialism...
...t e r e sU in Clevel a n d . In prewar days-he opposed the react i o n of t he C h a m b e r of Commerce...
Vol. 13 • June 1932 • No. 26
