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REP. UNDERWOOD ADDRESSES
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press)
Charlottesville, Va, June ia
plea for conservatism in politics, a
stop, look, listen" policy to guard
against the hasty adoption of ill con-
sidered proposals, was the keynote of
an address on "The Tendency of Our
Times" delivered at the University
OF Virginia today by Representative
Oscar w. Underwood of Alabama,
democratic leader of the house of rep
resentatives. It was a notable occa-
sion at Charlottesville, with many of
those who have gone forth from the
university in the past re-assembled to
pay tribute to their alma mater. Mr..
Underwood is president of the alumni
and his son was among the graduates.
Mr.. Underwood preached the doc
trine of the political uplift. There
are many changes" he said, taking
place today in the political, economic /
and industrial development of the ma |
ton. To the man lost in the maze of
his own business, who has not the
time or desire to climb to the heights
above his own personal desires and
ambitions, the way seems dangerous
and the onward march beset with
perils."
Mr.. Underwood said the adoption
of two amendments to the constitution
within the past year. one affecting the
political machinery of the govern
ment and the other changing the ifs
cal policy of the nation. clearly dem
onstrated that there is a strong SEN
timent in the country to break away
from the fixed standards that have
controlled the government in the past
and that an onward movement is lead
ing to the adjustment Of national life
to new conditions and progressive
ideals.
mo man." he added, sis so bold as
to declare that the recent cOnstitu-
tional changes are not in the interest
of better government for the whole
people and that they have not equal
lied and strengthened our fiscal sys-
tenn.
Only few years ago political
party that contended that taxes on
consumption should be diminished and
that part of the governments bur
dens should be borne by the wealth
of the country was hailed before the
bar of public opinion as being guilty
of extreme radicalism. Yet even
those who condemned the proposal
have enacted a law taxing corporate
wealth, and have ceased to protest
against an equitable income tax that
shall fairly distribute a part of the
comes derived from all classes of
property The tendency of our times
undoubtedly is toward greater free
dom of thought, uplift of humanity,
adjustment of governmental privi-
lege. equalization OF the taxation bur
dens, and an open, honest administra-
tion of the laws.
What may be regarded as radical
today may be the inner citadel of con-
servatism tomorrow The danger that
confronts us in the onward march of
the nation comes from the hasty adop-
tion of ill-considered proposals, some
times coming from honest but ill-ad-
vised advocates of real progress, and
as often coming from the cunning
hirelings of reactionary interests who
would under the name of progress
start false movement to mislead and
confuse in the hope that they may de-
Law the day when special privilege
shall be divorced from our economic
and governmental system We should
move forward with conservatism that
will avoid a reaction in public senti-
ment and abandoa a radical on-rush
that may lead to disaster or delay the
accomplishment of a good result"
Mr.. Underwood paid tribute to the
precepts and teachings of Thomas JEFF
ferson, the founder of the University
of Virginia, as "a lamp unto the feet
and a light unto the path
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