The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-11-01

which we have faced in the past
three years.
Was Equal to Task
I'm spite of all these instructions
We did succeed. Our form of govern
ment did prove itself equal to the
task. We saved this nation from a
quarter Of century Of chaos and
degeneration, and we preserved the
savings, the insurance policies, gave
fighting chance to men to hold
their homes. We installed measures
which today are bringing back re.
covery. A million men, have found
jobs.
Il therefore contend that the prob
lem of today is to continue these
measures and policies to restore this
American system to its normal func-
ticning, to repair the wounds it has
received, to correct the weaknesses
and evils which would defeat that
system.
ITO enter upon a series of deep
changes to embark upon this in
choate new deal which has been pro-
pounded in this campaign would be
to undertake to undermine and de-
stroy our American system"
Reviewing improvements In Ameri-
can life during the last generation
the president then said:
This 8 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 ami
mating 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 normal
working of that system which has
brought us such immeasurable bene-
fits, and not destroy it,"
Cries of mo-. greeted the president
as he asked if the system should be
discarded.
Lists Dangerous Plans
The president then listed some OF
the proposals of the Democrats which
he said would "endanger or DESTROY
Cur system"
These proposals, the president said
include:
Expansion of government expendi-
ture by yielding to sectional and
group raids on the public treasury"
Initiation of the currency"
Extending the government into
the personal banking business"
Reduce the protective tariff to a
competitive tariff for revenue"
Placing the government into the
power business"
"A promise to promote employment,
for all surplus labor at all times"
Hoover also mentioned Governor
Rcosevelt's statement that after
March 4, 1929. the Republican party
was in complete control Of all branch.
es of the government including the
aupreme 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 !:
his idea, he is proposing the mosl
revolutionary new deal, the mos1
stupendous breaking of precedent. the
most destructive undermining of thu
very safeguard of our form of govern
ment yet proposed by presidential
candidate"
AS point No. 8, the president re-
called part of the address delivered
by Roosevelt in San Francisco ir
which he said in part "our task nov
is not the discovery of natural re.
sources or necessarily the production
Of more goods. it is the sober, less
dramatic business of administering
the resources and plants already ir
hand"
Advance Not Ended
There are many Of these express
sions with which no one would quar-
REL" the president said. But l &c
challenge the whole idea that we have
ended the advance of America. tha'
this country has reached the zenith
of it's power, the height OF its develop
ment. That is the counsel OF despair
for the future of America"
"This philosophy upon which the
governor of New York proposes tt
conduct the presidency of the Uniteo
States is the philosophy of stagna'
tino, of despair. 1t is the end Of
hope. The destinies OF this coun'
try should not be dominated by thai
spirit in action. It would be the enc
of the American system.
GAS for myself I am confident thai
if we do not destroy this American
system. if we continue to stimulate
scientific research, if We continue Il
give it impulse of initiative and en-
terprise, my children will enjoy thu
same opportunities that have come
to me and to the whole 10000 900 o.
my countrymen.
In discussing the tariff questions
Hoover said whole towns and COM
munities were built up and were de-
pendent upon the Republican pro-
tective tariff system.
THE grass will grow in streets Of
hundred cities, thousand towns
the weeds will overrun the fields Of
millions of farms if that protection
be taken away" he said. "Theil
churches and schoolhouses will de-
cay"
The president characterized as lab
solutely destructive the proposal HI
said was made by Roosevelt to sup
port self -liquidating public work.
sufficient to provide employment fol
| call surplus labor at all times"
Authenticity Verified
AT first I could not believe thai
anyone would be so cruel as to hole
out a hope so absolutely impossible
of realization to those 100000 wht
are unemployed" he said. But thu
authenticity of this promise has beer
verified. And I protest against sucf
frivolous promises being held out tx
suffering people.
1T is easily demonstrable that NJ
such employment can be found. Blu
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