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Assailing the policies of the present Republican administration as "sidestepping, pussyfooting, and indecision on a large scale" the Yale debaters last night upheld the candidacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt as a true liberal against a Harvard trio in a no-decision debate in Kirkland House.
Support Hoover
The Harvard speakers, stressing the steady character and sincere purpose of President Hoover, declared that the mediocre record of Governor Roosevelt offered no promise of anything better if he were elected. A. E. Phillips '34, R. H. Amberg '33, and J. J. Ryan '33 spoke in that order for Harvard in the affirmative, with Phillips closing the debate in a five minute rebuttal speech. W. A. Rill, H. D. Harfield, Jr., and W. J. Hull upheld the negative of the question, "Resolved, That Herbert Hoover Should Be Reelected President of the United States" for Yale.
At New Haven, a Harvard negative team of J. T. Higgins '34, S. J. Peyser '34, and D. M. Sullivan '33 upheld the progressive spirit of Roosevelt against Yale in another no-decision discussion last night.
Phillips, opening the debate, laid the foundations for the affirmative case by pointing out the slight differences between the two campaigns, maintaining that "the real issue is the good accomplishments and progressive personality of President Hoover.
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