The Archive · 1936

Big Business Against Roosevelt

Big business has been animated against him by many of the policies adopted by President Roosevelt, votes. which should have been definitely counted upon as safe for party reasons have been lost for purely per-anal reasons, such as the threat to, individual wealth seen in some of the administration's legislational trends. People, who fear that during the next four years they may be Dadly hit in their pockets as a result, may be counted upon to vote against the Democrats, There are the followers of Father Coughlin, of Mr. Townsend and his famous old-age pension scheme, of the late Mr. Huey Long, who though he may be dead. has lett what is at resent an important legacy to be Teckoned with in the shape of his share-the-wealth movement. There has been and is still carried on that against Pre-Sident Roosevelt and the occupants of the White House, which docs not the good qualities of a cloak vendetta, so scur-it for no other reason, any who would like to see him win in this election, a9: a Tebuff to those who are fighting him with all the slime on which they can set their inventive minds.

Mud is slung in practically every lection, in nearly every part of the world, but rarely has the personality of a candidate and his family. been 80 set upon as has been the case of President Roosevelt,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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