Evening star., 1934-04-23
LIBERALISM URGED.
BY HULL AS PIVOT.
OF THE NEW DEAL.
Secretary Names Middle
Course Recovery Policy
at A. P. Luncheon.
FRANK B. MOVES WARNS
PRESS AGAINST ANY CURB
President of News Service De.
clares Constitutional Right
Must Be Guarded.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 23-Cordell
Hull, Secretary of State, today named
a middle-course recovery policy OF
sound liberalism" as the very essence
of the new deal"
Standing before publishers and 9TH
ers gathered at the annual luncheon
of the Associated Press, Hull tossed
aside talk of dictatorship. The Roose-
welt rehabilitation" program, he said,
would preserve all the fundamentals
of popular Government"
at is never wise" said Hull, "espe-
cially in a time of crisis. to hearken
too much tc the extreme reactionary
or the extreme radical.
I'VE enthroned no dictators. We
made no secret trades with private,
self-interest groups-we merely drew
together the different and scattered
groups of democracy into a common
effort, openly conceived, openly dis
cussed, openly chosen"
Expresses Confidence.
The tall, soft-spoken Secretary Of
State expressed confidence that what
he called Mr.. Roosevelt's middle
course between extremes would result
in recovery, restoration and rehabili-
tation which would embrace the rights
and liberties of the individual and the
progressive improvement of the social
and material condition of the masses" "
In discussing matters of the press,
Hull declared the service given by a
free press was of ''incalculable value" I"
The gathering and dissemination of
news along right lines" he added,
constituted a powerful influence for
international understanding. friend
ship and peace"
THE most serious threats against
peace today" he said, "are in those
parts Of the world where the press is
controlled by government officials who
have power either to declare war or
to force war"
Most of the diplomatic chieftain's s
address centered upon the Roosevelt
administrations aims and hopes and
the pitfalls it hoped to avoid.
Names Recovery Objectives.
Among the recovery objectives
named by him were preservation of
the national credit, balancing Of the
budget as early as is practicable,
avoidance of schemes for imitation,
permanent exchange stabilization and
monetary arrangements, restoration of
American foreign trade, relief of un-
employment and general improvement
in working conditions and wages and
necessary" governmental regulation
for the geeral improvement of busi-
ness. commerce and agriculture
1T is my profound conviction" Hull
declared, that the administration of
President Roosevelt is conscientionsly
ably and patriotically graphing with
the terrific problems of recovery and
that it's fairness and its friendly in
terest can be absolutely depended upon
by industry, by agriculture, by mining
and by labor.
This administration is en-
titled to the confidence and Coop
Grafton Of the country. The vast
work of restoration will be long,
tedious and technical. 1t will tax
the patience of the most patient per-
son. 1t requires degree of energy,
t1lSCllully dIlo COl1SGl uCC1Nc Capacity
far beyond the demands of war
time.
Conditions Declared Unprecedented.
MANY of the chaotic conditions
through which we have been passing
are unprecedented in their nature and
extent. The Federal administration
has pursued the wisest possible course
in attempting their solution"
The Roosevelt recovery program
was deliberately designed. Hull ex-
planned, to meet two urgent objectives
the immediate crisis this Nation
faced at the moment and durable
prosperity in the future.
mo one wishes a mere temporary
or short-lived recovery by emergency
methods" he said, "and no one wishes
to pursue some distant ideal that
would be inconsistent with the vital
necessity of immediate recovery The
present administration has moved in
as practicable manner as possible
to correct chaotic conditions, calling
for both emergency and permanent
treatment"
Americans want recovery based on
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