The State Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 17, 1938 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday November 17 1933
--
LaGuardi Sees V(
flails Election of New York
Progressives — "D Isa p-
p(sinting Not Discourag-
ing" If Progressives Unite
—Dictatorships Cannot
Last Ile Declares
Aroused by the defeat in Tues-
day's elections of New Deal candi-
dates in Michigan Ohio Minnesota
Pennsylvania and other sections of
the country Mayor LaGuardia
yesterday urged progressives to
"get together" and labor to "ad-
just its differences" to halt re-
action "As I analyze the results" he
said "I believe one must be real-
istic about it and see that the
progressive forces in some of these
states are being disintegrated
That of course eliminates New
Jersey where there is no strong
progressive movement"
The defeats of Governor Frank
Murphy of Michigan and other
New Dealers LaGuardia asserted
"has been a decided set-back"
Talks With Reporters
"That" he said "is because the
political sashay (realignment) has i
not been perfected"
The mayor explained his views
on the election during a conference
with reporters in his office at City l
Halt It was the first informal
conference he had with City Hall
newspapermen for some time
“We have a situation where
supporters of progressive humane
welfare government opposed the old
line parties" he said slowly "We
have a situation where candidates
of the Democratic Party are not
sympathetic with progressive leg-
islation and where candidates in
the Republican Party do not agree
with the control and management
of that party And the result is
increased strength for the forces
of reaction"
Urges Labor Unity
He leaned forward his face
grave his black eyes flashing and
speaking in a rapid clip said:
"That means the progressives
have got to get together That
means Labor must adjust its differ-
ences That means a well-defined
clear-cut program As the matter
now stands it is a little too loose"
Mr LaGuardia then turned to
the New York elections
"The election of Senator Wag-
ner and the equally progressive
Jim Mead indicates very clearly
that New York State like all other
industrial states is looking for-
ward and not backward" he con-
tinued Plans Conference
—rake the results of the country
as) a whole it is disappointing but
not discouraging if the progres-
sives get together and join forces
I pointed that out away back in
1934 in my Labor Day speech in
Chicago The warning is here"
He revealed plans to confer with
his old associates in Congress and
the Senate some of his "early
friends" and some of his "later
I riends"
Ile explained he would do this
"real soon" when "we can calmly
analyze the situation and decide
what to do" He will go to Wash-
ington during the next week-end
The Tory campaign against Gov-
ernor Murphy in Michigan the
Mayor called "rotten stuff" and
switched to the Congressional sit-
uation He said: 1
Warns of Soup Kitchen
"I think the House and Senate
will give the President his legisla-
tion because of the pressure from
home There is a safe working
majority providing they have co-
hesion on the majority side
A reporter asked the Mayor if
he saw the need for the formation
of a new national party
"I can't tell" he shot back 'It
all depends on the attitude the old
parties take toward progressive
legislation
"The fear this country has to
face is going backward I tell you
now boys we're having some very
tinhappy moments in the United
States They're trying to take us
back to the eighteen hundreds If
NVe go backward the people are
going to be in distress we'll have
the old soup kitchens"
He warned that under such con-
ditions the danger of "dictator-
shV might arise
"Dictatorship can't last" he de-
clared "It can't last in this coun-
try I am confident it will be
avoided but the progressives have
got to get together"
Mr LaGuardia's face brightened
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A general ‘Iew as the men of republican Spain's famous International Brigade vere relewed for the
last time somewhere behind the Ebro front by Dr Juan Negrin Spanish premier All of the foreign
fighters on the government side have been disbanded
D)r Fowler Mor-ier
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:'-':':'1''''':'eicang Ztae For
Thanksgiving Feast
T I
Dr Fowler Border mayor of
Mangum has devised a novel idea
of furnishing a turkey Thanks-
giving dinner for the unfortunate
of his community -
The story building to the dinner
is also the story of the life and
philosophy of one who has pion-
eered Oklahoma and left its im-
pression on the citizenship of the
western half of the state
Knowing Dr Border it is not
strange that we picked this event
from an advertisement in a Man-
gum paper
T1IUtEYS IVAN ED
To the people of Mangum Greer
County oklanoma anu surround-
ing cities counties and states
W110 owe me hundreds of thousands
of dollars:
I want you to please send me a
turkey and I Will give you double
price for it on your account or
note We want to give about 250
deserving children a Thanksgiving
dinner That would make them
happy you happy and everybody
happy because there is a great
deal more pleasure in giving than
in getting a great deal more joy
in loving than hating never think
of yesterday today is all thou
hast the future will soon be pres-
ent and the present will soon be
past
Please may we have the pleas-
ure of immediately receiving no-
tice from you of your willingness
to provide a turkey for this happy
occasion—Fowler Border Mayor
P S: One of the nurses wag-
ered me a Dr Pepper that I would
not get a turkey from the above
pleading which was published
first on November 6th and within
ten minutes thereafter the post-
man brought the following letter
from Mr Tillman Terry of Granite
Such letters as his make life worth
living because when it comes time
for a man to die and he looks back
over his entire life and wonders
about the victory of Vito Marcan-
tonio Labor Congressman elec
and Oscar Garcia-Rivera Labor
Assemblyman elect in his own the
20th Congressional District East
Harlem
This he declared 'as a great
step forward for progress He had
endorsed both of these candidates
Ile expressed great hope for the
American Labor Party but also
was critical of the party
"The American Labor Party"
he said "has some sins to answer
I guess I'll never be a good party
man They could have elected
some good judges"
He also expressed disagreement
with the Labor Party's handling
of some of its campaigns and its
choice of some candidates He said
that the A L P tactis in spots
were "responsible for putting vici
E STATE DEMOCRAT
Ite Warning to
kt
DR FOWLER BORDER
why should he have lived there is
only ONE REASON FOR IT and
that is the good he has done for
others The world is better that
such men as Mr Terry hast
Doctor Fowler Border
Mangum Oklahoma
Dear Sir:
Your appeal to the people of
Old Greer and other counties who
owe you hundreds of thousands of
dollars to bring you a turkey for
a great feed on Thanksgiving is a
worthy one and your offer to cred-
it note or account twice the worth
of the turkey is very generous
How about the remnant of peo-
ple in these counties who do not
owe you in dollars and cents? Are
we not allowed to have a part in
this feast? We who have known
you and your good work for more
than thirty years and have been
living as it were in your back
yard and could have used your
services at any time they were
needed are we not allowed to share
in the pleasure of treating these
two hundred fifty children?
Twenty-two years ago the
man Terry family started in good
old Greer county and we have been
blessed with unusually good health
and have never had to call for your
surgical technique but have had
the satisfaction of knowing that
we could have the use and benefit
of your wisdom and ability at any
time the need arose
Do we not owe something in re-
turn for all of these blessings?
YES I think we do and I'm going
to send you a big fat turkey in
appreciation of the above and what
you have done for humankind
With kindest regards
TILLMAN TERRY
Iloekadiiv Mere
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High City Wages
Seen as Biggest
Help for Farmers
—
LINCOLN Nebr—Full em-
ployment of labor at reasonable
wages is more important to the
farmer perhaps then control
of farm surplus production in
the opinion of Dr Mordecai
Ezekiel economic advisor to
Secretary Wallace who spoke
here recently
"Farmers must interest them-
selves in helping restore em-
ployment and buying power to
city labor if they are to find
an increased demand for farm
products" he continued
Dr Ezekiel advanced Secre-
tary Wallace's two-price system
for the distribution of farm
products to the needy as an
immediate means of meeting
the farm surplus crisis and tie
stated that because our indus-
tries are no longer expanding
as they were in former years
the nation cannot hope to in-
crease mass purchasing power
in this fashion lie said the
nation must turn to the lowincome-groups
and raise this
income
Viaish-Healey Act
Hikes Labor Rate
In Steel Industry
Ranking next in importance to
the withdrawal by the country's
railroads of a proposed 15 per cent
pay slash was the establishment
this week of minimum wages for
the steel industry
In a recommendation by the Bu-
reau of Public Contracts of the
Labor Department a rate of 621'
cents an hour was set for plants
in the North and of 45 cents an
hour in the South
Labor Department officials esti-
mated that approximately 500000
steel workers will benefit directly
or indirectly
If anybody can ever show where
a group of employes have dis-
charged an employer for joining an
association of employers then I'll
agree that the Wagner Act should
be amended to protect employers
--Allen S Haywood CIO director
rage Tilre
Ickes Sees
New Deal
'Weathering
GOP Gains
Harold L Ickes himself a re-
publican and Secretary of the
Interior says that despite the
wide-spread republican gains ho
still thinks it possible that Presi-
dent Roosevelt may be drafted by
Liberal forces for a third term
Ile said at a press conference
that he considers liberal senti-
ment as strong or stronger than
ever and pointed out that many
successful Republican candidates
"outpromised" their New Dea I op-
ponents on issues such as old age
pensions
"In their eagerness to acquire
economic security the people are
sometimes following false gods" he
said
There is as yet no need to start
a third major party to preserve
liberal thought he said Ile de-
scribed Mr Roosevelt as the -liberal
leader of the country" and
added that "when the people have
a chance to express themselves on
clear issues the answer will he
clear and unmistakable"
Praises LaGuardia
Stressing his belief that the out-
come of most of the national con-
tests were determined by local
factors and "cross currents" Ickes
said that "district by district slate
by state you can't lit into any
pattern at all a repudiation of
President Roosevelt's policies
"I think if President Roosevelt
had been running for re-election he
would have been elected" he said
Ickes said he would be pleased to
confer svith Mayor Morello H La-
Guardia of New York when he
comes to Washington to meet with
national liberal leaders but em-
phasized Unit he was taking no
part in a third party moveinent
MISiness Sabotage
'Will Form it
Historical Chaptt r
Attorney - General Cummings
speaking at Greenwich Conn in
the closing days of the recent
campaign predicted that t he ef-
forts of business to sanotage gov-
ernment during the last six yea rs
will reveal an "amazing chapter"
in A merican history Ills excellent
minima ry of the Nev Dears his-
tory was of course almost corn-
pletely ignored by the press
After the dark days of tr2
Nv h en business became a lit t le tr't -
ter he said the forces of reaot
tion became "less humble ti no I
more vocal" They insist ed that
t his was not the time for reforms
nOW that t heir own hides had
been saved
"Why bother 'it hi old age and
unemployment insurance ?
regulate public utilities ?
bother to inmate bank deposit s ?
kN'hy do anything ? Why not let
well enough a 1otw ? vkre quest ions
with which they foug ht I he Ne'N
Deo I" Cummings said
"Not only NA' ce I he dark dayi
of 1932 disregarded and their Its
ignored" said Cummings
"but the selfish short -sighted in-
terests that Roosevelt had reseueot
took courage to begin an assault
upon him the like of which had
not been known jfl( 1 he (boys of
Jackson and Lincoln Moreover
they showei ed the government
with thousands of min ecessa rv
suits enmeshed the A oi min istt
tion in litigation invoked the in-
junctive power of the courts and
I strove by legal action to) wreck
Approval Forecast H-out seinsn snort-sigmed
terests that Roosevelt had re:-4cueft
The recommendation was made
to Secretary of Labor Frances took courage to begin an a-ssaolt
upon him the like of which had
Perkins 1010 must approve it
fore it becomes effective That In"t been known since the (lays of
procedure however is regarded as Jackson and Lincoln Moreover
a formality after employers have they showeied the government
been given an opportunity to show with thousands of unnecessary
why the order should not be pro- suits enmeshed the Adrninistt i mulgated
tion in litigation invoked the in-
The vage ordr
as issued flu- junctive power of the courts and
1e
der the authority of the Walsh- 'strove by legal action to wreck
Healey Act put through Congress the very machinery which had
by the American Federation of given them and all the rest of
Labor early in the "New Deal" us renewed life and hope It vas
The law empowers the government la veritable conspiracy' to stall a(-
to enforce the payment of prevail- Hon by paralyzing the govern-
ing wages in all plants having gov- - ment and its various agencies
ernment contracts Many such nil- Who can doubt that one of thi
ings have been made but the steel major factors in the recent tern
regulation is by all odds the porary recession was the unseen':
most far-reaching ly struggle to sabotage reform
When the events of that perifC
If anybody ca ever show where are recorded and fully understowi
n
a group of employes have dis- they will reveal an amazing chiT-
charged an employer for joining an !ter in American history"
We Americans are skillful o:
prcjudices Of course we don't
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