Milford chronicle., 1934-08-10
BY JULIAN MASON
Vice-Pres., National Republican
Builders

FNC-A tNost ANablohoi AeSHNDAH
Builders
At the University of Virginia, they
hold each summer an Institute" up
on the domestic affairs of the nation
The Williamstown Institute" upon
foreign affairs has died. II -four
. ished greatly in the years after the
World War had brought us into
close connection with Europe. But
Virginia, dealing with home affairs,
has grown and prOspered.
This year its rOund-table upon
Dictatorship VS.. Democracy" was so
vital thing that they had to change
the hours of its sessions to prevent
1t from killing the other discussions.
thought this intentness of interest
to be most significant. spoke there
on Friday, raising the only Republi-
can voice that was presented. My
colleague was Assistant Secretary
Dickinson. of the Department Of
Commerce. | think that we were
supposed. in a way, to debate. |
couldn't debate with Mr. Dickinson.
He had too much my own point OF
view. He repelled any idea of reg
imentati6n; he was for democracy.
So was l. The only place where l
might have picked an issue with him
was on bureaucracy" He asked
what the word meant. To me, it
means rule by bureaus" which is
more deadening' than rule by aris-
tOcrats," or by dictators and tyrants.
The speeches of Mr. Dickinson and
John W. Davis, in Virginia. show
that there are. in the Democratic
ranks. cOnstitutiOnalists as sound as
any Republicans.
II seems as if the issue between
the ROoseveltians and the rest of the
country may be getting down TO two
issues: ~ bureaucracy, and (2)
who's going to pay the cOst?" 1t
was evident that the very intelligent
audience at Charlottesville, Va, was
not at all willing to accept "Fas-
cism." 'collectivism,' "regimenta-
tion" Or state socialism" They
forced us to define terms. l told
them. finally, that l was quite will
ing to recede. as the Administration
has superficially done, from the once
proudly accepted label of 'the RoOse-
welt Revolution" back to Senator
Hastings label for the New Deal of
political pateTnalism," or to Sena-
tor BOrah's 'meddlesOme bureau
cracy;" but that | would not accept
Professor Tugwell's social manage
ment" as cOntrasted with the sound |
Republican idea of regulated in
dividualism." They appeared to like |
that.
II seems to me that this recession |
from the radicalism of the extreme /
left has really taken place in the |
temporary policy of Mr.. Roosevelt. |
He has actually adopted the phrase
of his Republican critics in declar-
ing that he intends to make the ma
tion progress within the framework
of the Constitution" The opposition
can take great credit to itself for
forcing him over to this degree of
conservatism. 1t is really triumph
for the revolt in behalf of American
such as the Build
ers and other similar organizations
But il only emphaIizes
the vital need of the continuance of
this work. Mr.. Roosevelt, to follow
put his own football metaphor, can
turn as swiftly as did the great
Princeton back, Snake Ames" in a
broken field. He has now turned.
to the conservative I
light. But give him a great indorse-
nent in the Congressional elections ,
Ind he may meet his coming troubles
~ turning, just as rapidly to the ,
'adical left. And, remember that !
although he has not fully used them, |
le is now in possession of legal J
lowers sufficient to make him full !
lodged dictator.
From a well-informed correspOn- !
ent at Poughkeepsie: "At the SEN '
torial election held here last week, r
n the district which once sent
Roosevelt to the upper
louise at Albany. the Republicans
arried practically every single pre-
inct, except one. the one where the
tate insane asylum is. That pre- '
inct went overwhelmingly Demo- a
ratio. p
Some further significant excerpts h
rom the weeks mail received at Ma i
onal Republican Builders head O
uarters. so East Firty-secOnd Street,
ew York City, are these: II
when the American Colonies 1
ere striving for liberty they we're {
idely separated. from Massachu- Q
etts to Georgia. Hence conferences I;
nd assemblies of delegates were out
the question. How to unite the Z,
and individual units? "A A
mple but efficient method said n
amuel Adams. of Boston, is a COM
ittee of correspondence The COM ~
ittees of correspondence were a =
,mmOn organization for making !,
Id prOpagating opinion; seeking, l.
ter its development. to originate ~
'tion by word of mouth; to seek out rr
Dinion. provoke discussion and =,
rec men to take one side or the ."
her, instead of remaining indiffer- !.
It.: to supply patriots with argu- h'
ents. phrases and resolutions for
shts and privileges. This Colonial
ca of Samuel Adams pre-visiOned a. a.
e philosophy of the Builders NJ
Iwtucket, (R. H. Committee of
ne