The Washington times., 1934-05-19

more hypO-
critical than
their frequent z$=% Ass
references to Lewis Haney
our fOrefathers, the pioneers,
our Constitution, etc. To hear
them prate about such things
is unpleasant, because we now
know they are working to over.
throw them.
Now, I don't believe that our
institutions are fixed for all time,
MOI that they are all good. My
point is that this nation grew up
under a system Of individual ini.
tiatiVe and democratic form Of
COVER ent characterized by
"checks and balances" Our Gov
ernment has been for the individ-
ual; not the individual for the
Government. It is, therefore,
fraud on the people to revolution
ize these things without giving us
a chance to vote on the principles
involved.
If the executive is going to
run the country, and do our
planning for us, and if our repre-
Sentatives are to become rubber
stamps, why bother with elec-
tions? Why have any courts?
The basis of my social philos-
ophy is the idea that you and
as individual persons are the
fundamental factors in life. The
individual is the one who feels,
thinks, has wants, and expert
ences costs.
What we call society" is mere
~ an association of individual
men and women. We individuals
are bound together by common
feelings, ideas and interests. But
society is real only to the extent
that the individual members have
such common interests.
We cooperate in society, but
cooperation is ueseal and farce
if we as individuals do not act
voluntarily on the basis of COM
mon agreement. An army is but
@ truly coopertive organization.
Government is merely social
mechanism for preserving a Soci.
ETY. and making effective the
common interests of the individ-
Nal members.
OF course, my point is that
government is logically main
tanned for the good of the in
dividual citizens. But the idea
of Fascism is that the citizen ex-
lists for the government, just as
the soldier exists for the army.
And the New Deal has gone far
toward setting up a sort Of
FaScism here. Under the guise
of a "War on Depression" we
individuals are being herded into
alphabetical regiments. A virtual
Dictator is making "plans" for us
and spending our money.
There are two kinds of
tyranny of a dictatorial govern
ment over groups Of individuals.
When a government begins to
control the economic life of the
people and to levy heavy taxes
for purposes not understood or
approved by the taxpayers, it
becomes tyrannical.
Our forefathers called such
government "Tories."
And just what is "the govern.
ment? Is it not in practice a
bunch of men who have seized
or been given certain powers?
When you appeal to Washington,
do you not go to some other in
dividual, no better or wiser than
yourself? Does the political &C.
cident which puts some indi-
vidual in office, Immediately en-
dow him with wisdom and in
telligence?
In practice our Government
IS just Franklin Roosevelt,
Henry MOrgantheau, Henry
Wallace, RexfOrd Tugwell,
Hugh johnson, and a few
other men. Aside from any
question as to what they have
done to qualify to run the
nations business, I ask, by
what right do these few men
force their cOllectivist ideals
upon us? We did not elect
them to revolutiOnize our in
StitutiOns.
If all this trend toward dicta-
torships is just a council of
despair" and the New Dealers
have been allowed to rise to
power in order to preserve our
society from "chaos" why should
they therefore imagine that they
are called upon to adopt the
methods of specialism? Does
''the emergency" require that we
abandon the ship?
Baltimore e Ohio.