Evening star., 1932-11-01

correct the weaknesses and evils which
would defeat that system.
ITO enter upon q series Of deer
changes, to embark upon this inchoate
new deal which has been propounded
in this campaign, would be to under
take to undermine and destroy ouI
American system"
Reviews improvements.
Reviewing improvements in Ameri-
can life during the last generation. the
President then said:
This 80 years of Incompatible i'm
provement in the scale of living, the
advance of comfort and intellectual.
life. inspiration and ideals did not arise
without right principles animating the
American system which produced them
Shall this system be discarded because
vote-seeking men appeal to distress and
say that the machinery Is all wrong
and that it must be abandoned? Should
not our purpose be to restore the nor
NAL working Of that system which has
brought us such immeasurable benefits
and not destroy it?"
Cries of mo" greeted the President
as he asked if the system should be
discarded.
The President then listed some of the
proposals of the Democrats. which. he
said. would "endanger or destroy our
system"
These proposals, the President said
include:
Expansion of Government expendi-
ture by yielding to sectional and group
raids on the public Treasury.
Imitation of the currency
Extend the Government into the
personal banking business.
Reduce the protective tariff to q
competitive tariff for revenue.
Placing the Government into the
power business.
"A promise to promote employment
for all surplus labor at all times.
Hits Supreme Court Reference.
Mr.. Hoover also mentioned Gov
Roosevelt'5 statement that after March
4. 1929. the Republican party WIS in
complete control of ali branches OF the
Government, including the Supreme
Court
But is the Democratic candidate
really proposing his conception OF the
relation of the Executive and the Su-
preme Court?" he asked. If that Is
his idea. he is proposing the most rev.
olutionary new deal, the most stu
most destructive undermining OF the
very safeguard of our form of govern
ment yet proposed by q presidential
candidate"
AS point No. s the President re-
called part of the address delivered by
Roosevelt in San Francisco in which
he said, in part: Our task now is not
the discovery of natural resources OF
necessarily the production OF more
goods, it is the sober, less dramatic
business of administering the resources
and plants already in hand"
Challenges Position.
There are many Of those express
sions with which no one would quarrel,
the President said But do chal-
lenge the whole idea that We have
ended the advance of America, that
this country has reached the zenith OF
its power, the height of its development
That is the counsel of despair for the
future of America"
This philosophy upon which the
Governor of New York proposes to con-
duct the presidency OF the United
States is the philosophy Of stagnation,
destinies of this country should not be
dominated by that spirit in action. 1t
would be the end of the American
system.
''As for myself I am confident that
if We do not destroy this American sys-
tenn, if We continue to stimulate Scien-
tiflc research, if We continue to give 1t
impulse of initiative and enterprise my
children will enjoy the same opportunity
that have come to me and to the whole
100000 900 of my countrymen.'
Discusses Tariff.
In discussing the tariff question. Mr.
Hoover said whole towns and communi-
ties were built up and were dependent
upon the Republican protective tariff
system.
The grass will grow in streets Of a
weeds will overrun the fields of mil
lions of farms if that protection
be taken away" he said. There
churches and school houses will decay"
The President characterized as "ab-
solutely destructive" the proposal he
said was made by Roosevelt to support
-liquidating public works sufficient
to provide employment for "all surplus
labor at all times"
AT first I could not believe that any
one would be so cruel as to hold out a
hope So absolutely impossible of reali-
Zation to these 100000 who are un-
employed he said. But the authen-
ITCHY of this promise has been verified.
And I protest against such frivolous
promises being held out to suffering
people.
1T is easily demonstratable that no
such employment can be found. But
the point 1 wish to make here and now
is the mental attitude and spirit of the
Democratic party to attempt it. 1t is
another mark of the character of the
new deal and the destructive changes
which mean the total abandonment of
every principle upon which this Govern
ment and the American system is
founded"
Acknowledges Various Groups.
Continuing his speech, the Chief Ex-
ecutive said I'VE have heard a great
deal in this campaign about reaction
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