Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-09-06
MADE To ]
LIMIT POWER
Of THE COURTS
President Says in La Fayette
Day Address at Baltimore
Event Today
DEDICATED TO FREEDOM
Mentions No Names in Plead.
! ing for LaW-Talks on the
Foreign Situation
DEDICATED TO FREEDOM

BALTIMORE. Sept. 6.-Presidenl
Coolidge called upon the American
people in a La Fayette Day address
here today to take stand against j
"a deliberate and determined effort%
which he said ''is being made II
break down the guarantees OF oui
fundamental law" through moves
ment " to limit the jurisdiction oi
our domestic courts"
Speaking at the unveiling OF 4
statue of Lafayette, the President
characterized the great Frenchman
as "a true son of world freedom,
and asserted that this occasion il
dedicated to freedom"
1.-THE question is" he declared
whether America will allow itself t.
be degraded into a communistic and
socialistic state. or whether It Will
remain American. Those who WANz
Of American citizenship "
attempts to encroach upoa their
liberties by encroaching upon the
power of the courts"
While devoting his address prI-
marily to a defense of the United
States supreme court the President
also drew a lesson from the French
leader who coined ns in fighting
for the maintenance and, extension
oL our iilSlltu.lOIiS duu propoStu y
policy of service in foreign relations
He pleaded also for the abolishmeni
OF war harreds ard assistance in the
a. estoration of the German pcople
now shorn of mili'arism."
Referring to the supreme court d
Mr.. Coolidge baid 1t It's authority
should be rrJksn own md III
In resources or unpopular in the pub
lie estimation, also neaely every race
and religions belief worid find them
selves practically without protec
tion."
The President mentioned no
names in connection with the attack
he described against the supreme
court. He characterized it as an ass
sault upon the constitution with Its
purpose the confiscation of property
and the destruction of liberty
Every little danger exists of an
open and avowed assault upon the
principal of individual freedom" he
said. ut is more likely to be in peril
indirectly, perhaps with the avowed
intention of protecting it or enlarg-
inv it,
In his discussion of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Coolidge said ITO be independent
to my mind does not mean to be iso-
lated. There Is no real Independence
save only as we secure 1t through the
law of service
While avoiding entanglements, he
pointed out that the United States
had pursued that policy in contribu-
tions to foreign charities; in counsel
at the arbitration tables in Latin
America; in adjustment of war prob
lens In Europe; in the Washington
armament conference and in the set
tlement of the reparations problem.
'"The effect these will have in
averting war and promoting peace
he added, "cannot possibly be over-
estimated. They appear to me prop
erly to mark the end of the old orr
der, and the beginning of a new era.
We hope they are the end of agrees
sive war and the beginning Of per-
manent peace.
Referring to the European situa-
tion, the president declared "if we
want France and the other allies
paid, we can best work towards that
end by assisting In the restoration
of the German people. now shorn OF
their militarism, to their full place
in the family of peaceful mankind"