Liberty doomed under rule of Roosevelt, Landon says at Detroit; part text (Washington Times, Oct. 14, 1936, p. 4)

4 LIBERTY DOOMED UNDER RULE OF ROOSEVELT, LANDON SAYS DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 14 (I.N.SJ.--Following is part of the text of Governor Alfred M. Landon's address in Detroit last night: Tonight I am going to discuss the threat of the present Admin istration to our American form of government. I am going to dis cuss it in terms of the rights and opportunities secured to us as citi zens by the Constitution of the United States. Make no mistake about it: This threat to our form of government is a major issue in this cam paign. It is time to bring it out into the open. "Liberties Falling" We live in a world in which hu man liberties are falling. In na tion after nation ideas of dem ocracy have been swept away. In every case, the process of destruction follows the same pat tern. First, the Executive sets himself up as a popular leader, and in the name of national emergency, asks that additional authority be given to him. Then, the legislature gradually yields more and more power to the Executive, until the legislature be comes a mere instrument of the Executive. Finally, the courts of law are undermined, and the judiciary ceases to be a protection for the people. "Rights Gone" When this final stage is reached --when the independence of the courts is destroyed--the rights and liberties are gone. The people are then at the mercy of the Execu tive. The Executive is all powerful. We have seen the results of this process abroad. The first steps have already been taken here. Think back over the last three and one-half years and see what has happened. In the name of emergency the President asked for and received the right to change the amount of gold in the dollar. In the name of emergency, the President has accepted authority to issue $3,000,000,000 of green backs. "Secret Fund" In the name of emergency, the President asked for and received the power to set up a so-called stabilization fund of $2,000,000,000. He can use this fund secretly to buy or sell gold, silver and foreign exchange at any price he sees fit. And he can use it to control the price of United States Government bonds. The President, in the name of emergency, has acquired almost complete control over the money and credit system of the nation. .Think what that means. One man, without notice, can alter the value of the dollar--can threaten the savings and the purchasing power of the wages of every man and woman in this country. Also, in the name of emergency, the President asked for and re ceived authority to determine how much agriculture and industry could produce and sell, at what wages and for how many hours labor could work. During a period of less than three and one-half years, one President has been given the power to spend, almost without restrictions, eight times as much as the discretionary spendnig power given to 30 Presidents over a period of 143 years. It is time the American people were taken into the con fidence of the Administration and informed of its plans. Does the Administration plan to reenact the NRA? Does it intend to return to the control of food products by Washington? If it does one it must do the other. If we have an NRA we must have an AAA. If we have an AAA we must have an NRA. No nation can continue half regimented and half free. Which course does this Adminis tration propose to follow? There is only one man who can answer this question, and that man is the candidate for reelection to the Presidency. National economic planning-- the term used by this Administra tion to describe its policy--violates the basic ideals of the American system. 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"Run Daily Lives" Now any administration that attempts to run the daily lives of its people, to make their business decisions, to supervise their farms, is working on the theory that it is far wiser than its people. But the present Administration goes beyond this. It apparently be lieved that with the concentra tion of power in Washington came a concentration of intelli gence. But when I look around and see the automobiles on our roads, I sometimes suspect that right here in Detroit there are a few brains tucked away that somehow have escaped notice in Washing ton. What built the automobile in dustry which has done so much for the country and its people? The very qualities that this Ad ministration holds up to scorn-- American initiative, American energy and American frugality. Yet today we are told that initia tive must be controlled, that energy and hard work must be re stricted, that saving has become a crime against society. The automobile industry. In stead of talking about recovery, has worked for recovery. This in dustry has led the way back from depression. And I do not think it is without significance that this industry resisted at every turn the compulsory regulations imposed by the NRA. Indeed, one of its most distinguished leaders never signed the code of the Blue Eagle.

Protection of Rights There could be no better ex ample to show that the need of this country is not for a govern ment that attempts to direct and manage our lives. The need is for a government that will protect our rights, and foster American initia tive, energy and frugality. If the President thinks agricul tural and industrial anarchy can jbe prevented only by the re j enactment of the principles of I NRA and AAA, let him say so. Let him tell us and tell us before election day just vhat amendments to the Constitution he has in mind. By his silence on this he is attempting to dodge the fundamental issue of this cam paign--the issue of whether he intends to change the form of our Government --whether labor, agriculture and business are to be directed and managed by Govern ment--directed and managed by politics. This charter--our Constitution has served us well. It served our fathers well. We have only to look abroad to see that in many countries the charter of freedom is no more.* In those countries freedom of thought is gone. Freedom of speech is gone. Freedom of the press is gone. Freedom of wor ship is gone. We in America cannot ignore these warnings. We must not. out of regard for any man or men, blind ourselves to the forces that are loose in the world. It is not a question of any man or men. It is a question of human free dom. --VOTE AMERICAN-- RAZED CHURCH PINS MAN A colored man was in an unde termined condition at the Alexan dria Hospital today as a result of being pinned beneath timber and bricks which caved in as he worked in the basement of a church which is being razed. The man is William Russell, 23, of Alexandria. His injuries were said to be a possible fractured pelvis and internal injuries. Russell was working in the base ment of the Sunday School Build ing of the old First Baptist Church when the timber from the first I floor broke loose and fell on him. I Bricks which had been piled on the first floor also came down. He was freed after about 15 min- 1 utes by fellow workmen. TEXT OF ROOSEVELT'S PLEA FOR SUPPORT OF YOUTH KANSAS CITY, Oct. 14.--Fol lowing is the partial text of Presi dent Roosevelt's address here last night: I have just come through east ern Colorado and western Kan sas--parts of our national dust bowl --where deep holes in the ground and swirling clouds of dust show the erosion which years of man's neglect has wrought in the soil. And in your own States you have all s< en other examples of waste in the physical resources of our country--water, trees, birds and other wild life. But through the years of this depression we have had destruc tion even more tragic than that --waste in men and women, in human skill, character and life. Os all the appalling waste of the days of false prosperity and recent disaster, human erosion has been the most ominous. There was unfortunately, for a long time in the high places of Government in Washington a school of thought that human waste was the concern only of private charity and local commu nities. We have learned a lot since those days. We no longer believe that human beings hit by flood, drought, unemploy ment or any other national dis aster should be left to themselves with the sole hope of such char ity as may be locally available to them. It may not be enough to go round. Take Stock of Youth Government since 1933 has begim to take stock of the hu man assets of the young men and women of America--the raw material out of which the United States must shape its future. Nature's deepest instinct is the concern in every parent's heart for the welfare of the children. It is a law of nature which equals even the instinct for the preservation of life. Indeed it is part of that law, for without the preservation of youth, the race Itself would per ish. And so, the highest duty of any government is to order pub lic affairs so that opportunities LANDON CALLED 'ONLY HOPE' NEW YORK, Oct. 14.--Former Governor Ely, of Massachusetts, declared last night that Governor Landon must be elected President if this country is to escape the New Deal "revolution in Govern ment." Speaking over WEAF to a nation-wide radio audience, under auspices of the National Jeffer sonian Democrats, Ely charged that the Roosevelt administration has "betrayed the American peo ple and debauched the -American Government." He declared: "Extravagance and waste, the creation of new powers and bureaus, 400,000 added Govern ment employes, debauchery of the Civil Service, a law to give the Executive complete control over industry, a law to give the Executive complete control over agriculture, seven billion dollars to be spent without any check and when he pleased. "As the record develops the issue clarifies. The betrayal of the Minnesota democracy brings it into better focus. If you like this revolution in Government vote New Deal. If you do not like it, vote for Landon and Knox." --VOTE AMERICAN-- Three Named to Serve On Bar Committee The general term of United States District Court today an nounced the appointment of three members of the committee on ad missions and grievances who re cently completed a one-year term. The new appointments are to three-terms. Those renamed are Edward Staf ford, Edmund L. Jones and An drew B. Duvall. I CARROLL'S LAUNDRY KIDS v B Our platform is plain And straight as can be. We relieve laundry care For a very small fee. ATlantic 3700 THE WASHINGTON TIMES, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1936 for youth shall be made even broader and firmer. "Obligation Remembered" We Americans have never lost our sense of this obligation. To a greater degree than any other peoples we have sought to give each rising generation a little better chance in life than the one that preceded It. The little red schoolhouse for the education of the young, and the church for the training of his spiritual qualities, have al ways been the first structures to rise in every new settlement, as our ancestors pushed new frontiers through the wilder ness. The school is the last ex penditure upon which America should be willing to economize. Those of us who helped build up the fantastic jazz era of the nineteen twenties, which crashed down over our heads, must feel a peculiarly deep sense of re sponsibility to our boys and girls who were sunk with us in the ruins. I need not remind the young people of this country of the black future which lay ahead of them in those days. 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A vast majority of the American people In 1936 are with us to see it through. We have made the start in these days, confident that you--the youth of the coun try--will carry on to finish the Job. Reason for Program That is why we have a Na tional Youth program. That is why through our CCC camps and the National Youth Administra tion we are trying to keep young people at useful work or in use ful education. In high schools and in colleges the Federal Gov ernment has lent a helping hand in keeping youth at the job of learning. Out in the woods, out in the open, the Federal Govern ment has kept the self-respect and the health of hundreds of thousands of young people. The Federal Government for many years has spent a good many millions of dollars --well- spent dollars, too--to conserve our forests, our crops and our livestock. We believe In that kind of conservation. 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