21 JULY 1928, Page 2

Mr. Al. Smith, the Governor of New York and Demo-

cratic candidate for the Presidency, is not letting a blade of grass grow under his feet. He has a long and difficult, and many people think impossible, road to travel to the Presidency, but no traveller could have set out in a more exultant spirit. It was a real stroke to persuade Mr. Raskob to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee. For Mr. Raskob, the president of the General Motors Corporation, is head of one of the greatest business organizations in the United States. The Republicans profess to be the party of the business man, but here is a supreme business man taking the other side without fear or hesitation.

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