Political clash over Hoover Smith and the Ku Klux Klan influence
A Midwest letter argues the Klan is Hoover's key vote getter and urges Smith support. It attacks Literary Digest polls, discusses farm distress, party fundraising, prohibition, and oil interests while contrasting Hoover and Smith as capable leaders with shared public profiles.
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Twelve Reasons Why Women Should Vote For Smith
A political pamphlet extols Governor Smith listing twelve achievements for women and workers in New York. It praises his suffrage effort, equal pay stance, civil service reform, child labor limits, forty eight hour work week, and widow pension law while contrasting him with Hoover. It highlights his stance against corruption and a humanitarian public policy agenda.
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