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...tell 'em, Alf!", a hoarse voice shouted...
...audiences, obtain free radio time, effectively expound his own political doctrines not as though seeking power but with the noble air of using his power for the public good. So well were some of his advisers satisfied with this form of campaigning-including, last week, his deft anticipation of Alf Landon's crop insurance pronouncements (see p. 16)-that they had no wish for him to change. But nonaggressive policy, no matter how successful, does not fit the born temperament of Franklin Roosevelt. Last week therefore, the hour struck when the candidate's desire...
When the Drought brought Franklin Roosevelt and Alf Landon together in Des Moines last month, each one had yet to speak a word in direct criticism of the other. Hence not even political innocents were surprised that the Nominees met without embarrassment, conversed in warm good fellowship, parted with expressions of mutual admiration...
Just as Franklin Roosevelt began last week to take an interest in active campaigning (see p. 11). Alf Landon set out from Topeka on his third campaign trip. Before the trip was over it looked to several observers as if Governor Landon, too, had suddenly decided to enter the campaign. Instead of delivering temperate generalities such as he has in most previous appearances, he made three major speeches, each devoted to a single issue, each making a strong bid for support in the region where it was delivered...
...hours later 20,000 people seated in the stands of the State Fair Grounds heard Miss Agnes Samuelson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, introduce Alf Landon. The candidate however was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly great spotlights sought out the west gate of the race track. Riding down the beam came Alf Landon in the tonneau of his car, waving to the crowd. In a moment he was on the platform. When a five-minute demonstration had subsided he began...