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. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE NINE Gov. Clement Indicts Republicans in Fiery Democratic Keynote Speech EVEK Tuesday, August 14. 1938 Listeners React 49 Times With Loud Applause Chicago (U.R) Frank G. Clement started shouting at 9:18 p.m. (CDT). When he stopped at 10:30 p.m. it was a good thing no Republi cans were around. Those Demo crats would have eaten 'em alive. One flush-faced delegate ven tured the opion it was the great est keynote address ever deliv ered. Anyway, he said, "It was terrific just terrific." Tennessees 36-year-old gov ernor brought to his keynoter role evangelical zeal and the fruits of a bible-reading Meth odist upbringing plus training in the law. COP Indicted He dedicated the Democratic party to the "Greater Glory of God," created a reasonable doubt that the Republicans were on the side of providence, indicted the GOP on 10 felonious counts and found it guilty as charged. Judging by the way the Demo crat reacted, it was one of the most rousing speeches ever heard at a political convention. From Clement's viewpoint, it may have been too rousing. He had counted in advance on 41 interrupations for applause and had timed himself accordingly. There were 49, and he had to cut a paragraph here and there. Clement clearly is an addict of alliteration. He said the Demo crats would nominte "candidates of competence and conscience" who would drive out the "party of privilege and pillage." Dull 'FraU and Flits' He said of Secretary of State Dulles, a Republican, that John Foster "fiddles, fritters, frets and flits." He said Republicans "fol low a fantastic, frantic and fatal foreign policy." He scored "the Republican triple B Benson, below parity, and bankruptcy." No delegate who heard him will ever deny Clement's ability to sway an audience from time to time. He even had the Demo crat applauding President Eis enhower. That happened when he said that "no God-fearing Democrat" wishes the Republican President "anything less than the best of health and the greatest of hap piness." Clement touched off an ova tion for Mr. Truman when he said that "the greatest asset of this convention" is that Mr. Tru man is present to remind Demo crats to "fight! fight! fight!" Mr. Truman, attending the conven tion for the first time, radiated approval of Clement's speech, which was reminiscent of his own "Give 'em hell" style. Mrs. Truman gently nudged the former president to his feet to acknowledge the ovation. Excerpts From Address Excerpts from Gov. Clement's keynote address: The Eisenhower administra tion is "a Republican adminis tration with a sordid record of broken promises . a party which degenerated while out of power to the extent that it was not qualified to govern upon its return a party that four years ago admitted to the world that it did not have within its ranks a single bona fide member whose record and ability could com mand the confidence of the peo ple" and nominated "a genial, glamorous and affable general who had joined the Republican party after retirement ..." "The President's record and his party's record are one and the same. He cannot pry them apart." Farm Income Down "... The farmer's income" is "down 26 per cent under the Eisenhower- Nixon- Benson ad ministration." "... The vast gains of la bor . . . are now gravely endang ered, while the barons of big business in the national admin istration look upon the laboring man as a sort of secondary citi zen ..." "... The present national ad ministration has denied small business a rightful share of the expanding opportunities in Am erica, in favor of monopolistic mergers and big business dom ination ..." "... The Republican party is guilty of corruption in high places involving an unprecedent ed spree of giveaways, grab and greed." "A veil of secrecy has been thrown around activities ... in Washington ..." Power Delegated "... The action of General Eisenhower in announcing dele gation of the powers of his of fice into the hands of associates is in violation of the spirit of the constitution ..." "... The natural resources and public facilities of this country have been made the subject of bargain-counter give aways ..." "... Republican promises of i'.J r"' ' J ' '' , 1 ,1 MRS. ROOSEVELT Use Husband's Own Words Suspense Building Over What's Going On In Smoke-Filled Convention Backrooms By DOC QUIGG United Press Correspondent Convention Hall, Chicago flJ.R) No matter what clinching deals may be firming up in the filter-smoked backrooms of the Democratic National convention, the mood of the individual dele gate on the floor seems to be one of vague urgency, of asking "what's up?" There's a good deal of shopping around among dele gates in a "what's-going-to-hap-pen?" attitude. Suspense is building. The general consensus appears to be that anything can happen. The delegates were glad to have the definite, positive, spell binding keynoter of Gov. Frank G. Clement Monday night. They listened to him, smiled at his verbal nipups. roared at his fighting phrases. Many of them sat enthralled through parts of his address, mouths open as if to exclaim: "Gee whiz!" A good part of his success lay in the fact that he is a thunder ing speaker. When he talks the loudspeaker bellows. But when he sat down and Mrs. Roosevelt came on to speak, she didn't pro ject loudly over the speaker sys tem. Many of her words were so soft-spoken that they were lost on the audience. One delegate, when Clement finished speaking, opined happi ly that "this is the Elvin Presley of the Democratic party." An other said simply: "Billy Gra ham, move over." Although Mr. JYuman and Mrs. Roosevelt, sitting facing each other in opposite mezza- tax reduction were deliberately altered to favor the corporate in terests." "... The Republicans have wilfully permitted our foreign policy to be streaked with inde cision and blurs ..." "Civil rights, segregation, and related issues will be to the fore front in 1956 ... we must re spectfully resolve our problems within the framework of our great party ..." 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Mrs. Roosevelt, introduced as "The first lady of the world," calmly and precisely delivered what almost amounted to a sec ond convention keynote speech. nines, were focal points of atten tion during much of the eve ning, the show was stolen at one point by the former president's wife, Bess. While the photogra phers snapped the Trumans, Judge Rosenman smilingly thrust a "Truman for presi dent" button between them. Without cracking a smile, Mrs. Truman silently but firmly pushed the button down out of sight. Backstage, after appearing on the platform with Clement, the 11-year-old stock market whiz and television star, Leonard Ross, gravely discussed the mar ket with hangers-on. A page boy asked Leonard what he thought of Hiltorf hotel stock. Pretty good, said Leonard, and listed the pros and cons. "Thanks," said the page, "I've got 200 shares." A comically inclined sergeant-at-arms walked up and said: "Say, kid. I've got 10 bucks. How should I invest it?" Without batting an eye, Leon ard replied: "Slot machine." Gloria Lockerman, 13, the Elliott Roosevelt Sums Up Family's Views Chicago (U.R) Elliott Roose velt summed up his family's po litical views this way. Elliott said he is behind his mother, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, in her support of Adlai E. Ste venson. His elder brother. Rep. James Roosevelt (D-Calif.) also- is for Stevenson. John, the youngest Roosevelt son, still is a Republican, as he was in 1952. Elliott said. As for his sister, Anna, he said only, "she's a Democrat." Hartford, Conn. (U.R) Ber nardion Rosati had to wait eight years before a damage suit he filed was heard. He was awarded $14,400. Judge Abraham S. Bor don said Rosati's recovery from injuries received in the accident was delayed by "litigation neu rosis." 'Key" to a new service for our customers Just the press of a key, and our new National Cash Reg ister automatically computes and tells amount of change due you. 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In a voice that wavered only slightly despite her admitted fa tigue from politicking, hand shaking and autographing, Mrs. Roosevelt said there had been a lot of talk about living up to the spelling demon who was intro duced by Clement as a young Democrat, was asked later how she would vote for president two elections from now, when she's of voting age. "I don't know," said Gloria. "Well, how does your grand mother vote?" "Don't know," said Gloria. "She never tells me." THE BIG M 1. Power par pound, the big h Monterey and Montclair give you the best combinations of weight and power in their price field. 2. Torque per pound. All four Mercury seriesMonterey, Medalist, Custom and Montclairare out in front of the entire medium-price field for usable uiheel-tuming power. , 3 Choice of V-8 models. Only the bic M in its field offers so many V-8 models 18, in 4 price ranges. All with distinc tive styling shared by no other car. traditions of the Roosevelt and Truman programs. 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