Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt was welcomed warmly here to-day -|when he arrived from Seatile on his "swing around the circle' as Democratic Presidential nominee. He spoke briefly on -the agricultural situation, and proposed remedies fcr relief. The governor's next halt will be San Francisco, where he will spend to-morrow and day after tcmorrow.
Governor Roosevelt addressed a Jammed auditorium, with 5,00 standing outside.. He confined his speech to his views on public utilities, urging greater state and federal control, with full publicity for all operations and for ownership.
He criticised utility corporations for their "systematic campaign of lies and falsehoods" on vital points. He charged that President Hoover has not attempted to enforce the regulatory provisions of the Wate:- power Act.—United Press.
New York, Sept. 22.
Mr. Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for the Presidency, started a trans-continental Presidential campaign tour to—day in which he will pay special attention to the states of Texas and California.
He predicts that national calamity will result from the election of either Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt or President Hoover.—United Press.
Washington, Sept. 23.
The eight-point programme of Ter Ote SRE.
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