Evening star., 1932-05-17

this particular day of independence OF
mankind"
AS to the Senate, he said, 'it is to
be congratulated, and its eminent
leaders to be put forth before the Ma
ton as worthy of all praise due the
honorable and patriotic public servant u
Reviewing legislation enacted in an
effort to better business conditions, the
speaker said that had there been a
yielding to public clamor, "the country
today would have stood in chaos. It's
business In insolvency and its people in
! confusion and riot"
Text Of Address.
Senator Lewis address follows:
The radio audiences must have be-
come fatigued with the many addresses
upon the public questions with which
they were dinned by voice and oppresS-
ed by ceaselesS newspaper and maga-
| zine. I am called upon to present an
additional view, which l do with the
trust that you will not be burdened be-
yond your patience.
The subject assigned is the state of
the Union and the state of the political
parties in Congress First, let it be un-
derStood that there are no political
positions and political possibilities for a
l'N@Ne4SNA PSA ~ Al 11OuSS. I1l6lE Is
no Democratic party In the House of
Representatives. though these termed
Democrats have majority of three
with the Speaker of the House being a
Democrat. In the Senate, called Repub-
llcan, there is majority of one to three
over the Democrats and a majority of
seven whenever all the Republicans
unite upon any proposition. Many of
the editorials, many of the newspaper
articles and great many of those who
are speaking to the country have ex-
pressed disapproyal and all condemna-
tion that the House did not organize
and remain fixed, compact body, TAX
Ing its orders from the Speaker and
cbeying him as one does the order of
a general in command. There are those
who have condemned Speaker Garner
that he has not controlled the House
/ beg to remind America If ever we had
Speaker who controlled the House
he would be dispelled out of his place
before SundoWn of any day in this par
ticular day of independence of man
kind. You will not forget that right
after the Civil War under Democratic
House, Democrat attempted to con-
troll the members in the matter of their
votes where they were sovereign Rep
1eSentatives of sovereign districts. each
having right to have their views and
their necessities obeyed by their Rep
resentative. This particular Speaker
was hurled from his place by votes and
reduced to the minimum and was hissed
by the country. remind you that
when Speaker Cannon, Republican, as
sumed such a privilege as controlling
the House and dominating it by rule, he
was Whirled from his chair under reso-
luton initiated by Senator Norris, mem
Der OF the House, now Senator from
Nebraska
Congratulates Garner.
Il invite you that an attempt of this
kind in the House of Parliament lately
caused a wreckage, the Speaker was
thrown out of the House and was beaten
overwhelmingly. / invite you that
in France when 1t was attempted by
the aid of the majority the cry of tyr
amy threw him out of place and has
brought on the elections in the last few
days, overturning the govtrnment of
France and initiating what must be
called a radical and socialiStic organi-
zation in control.
Speaker Garner is to be congratu-
lated on having kept his head, main
tanning his poiSe and in no wise imping-
ing upon the liberties of the Congress
men whose duties to their districts ex-
pressing the wishes and needs of their
own people were their first obligation
now congratulate the House of Rep
reSentatives that at time like this
when the President has stated that the
Nation is in a condition as in war,
that the gentlemen of the House on the
Democratic side have refused to band
themselves together as political party
g.. ~ -
States, the executive in command, and
have declined to mortgage themselves
in compact of partisanship that shall
contest the will of the administration
while it processes to be expressing the
need Of the country. I now summon
the people to note what would be the
effect If this howl and clamor against
the House were yielded to and l ask
you to consider what a condition would
have been upon this Republic if the
House had been the sort of thing this
cry and malediction had wished it-a
water-tight political compartment. If
In compact organization as party un-
der the domination of the Speaker,
every measure presented by the Repub-
lican President would have been met by
a compact wall over which it could not
ride, and against which like wave 1t
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treat into defeat Then you would not
have had the moratorium which the
President asked for on a non-partisan
ground and which was given him by the
Democratic House You would not have
had the Steagall bank bill, which gives
the opportunity to the release Of frozen
assets and increase Of circulating money
for business relief. You would not have had
the finance credit bill, which now comes
to the rescue of the railroads. insurance
companies and other institutions neces-
sary tn be preserved to save the Nation
from insolvency You would not now
have the appropriation bills votin1 the
amounts necessary to the support of the
Government. nor would you have had
the economy bill looking to the limita-
ton of expenditures as the press has
advised
Organization Of Citizens.
The House would have been justified
as a partisan organization in opposing
the appropriations carrying out the
principles which the contests before
their people had opposed. They would
have been justified in opposing the pro-