Evening star., 1934-03-11
BECK URGES G. 0.P.
SEIZE CHALLENGE
Pennsylvania Calls Party
to "Save Our Form of
Government"
BY the Associated Press.

INDIANAPOLIS, March 10.-As-
serting that the Roosevelt administra-
tion has become dictatorship In
many ways, threatening breakdown of
the Constitution, Representative James
M. Eeck, Pennsylvania. tonight urged
the Republican party to rise to save
our form Of Government"
Representative Beck addressed the
final session Of the Midwinter meet
ing of the Indiana Republican Edi-
torlal Association. He charged that
the Government has been transformed
IRON a constitutional federation Of
States to unitary socialistic State Of
virtually unrestricted powers"
The fact of the matter is that in
the matter of agriculture, manufac-
ture, transportation, banking, we
are living under a dictatorship"
Representative Beck declared.
Two PHILOSOPHERS at Grips.
"The situation presents a challenge
to our party" he continued. I'VE can
not ignore it If We would 1t may be
that our defense of the Constitution
may result in party disaster.
But its great mission to give this
Nation new birth of freedom is with
us today as it was with Lincoln"
The speaker said that two philoso-
phies of Government now are at
death grips in the United States.
The one is the philosophy Of the
present administration, and it differs
in degree, but not in kind, from
that OF Stain, Hitler and Mussolini,"
Representative Beck said. 1T Is a
philosophy which turns citizens into
subjects and makes them live by the
sufferance of their government.
The other philosophy is that of
the master architects of the American
Constitution, who believed that the
Government should confine its opera
tions to strictly governmental func-
tons and not attempt to regiment
the citizen in his industrial activi-
ties. whether they be those of the
farm or the factory"
Criticizes Mail Action.
Representative Beck declared that
upon the decision of this issue will
depend the future of the republic, for
if the present policy of unitary So
cialistic state shall prevail, even the
Union, which is older than the Con-
stitution. may not long survive"
The Representative also criticized
President Roosevelt's action in can
ceiling airmail contracts.
The Pennsylvania Representative
said he recognized President Roose-
welt to be "a great leader"
ETn,ry of - ho yvn
surpassed him in swiftness of decision
or courage in action" he said I'VE
do not question his qualities as
leader but We do feel greatly con-
cerned as to where he is leading U.S."
Code Order Regretted.
Opposition to proposed Federal CO.
ordination Of communication services
''as another step in attempting to
control free speech" was expressed in
a resolution by the association.
The resolution expressed apprecia-
ton of the efforts Of newspaper pub
lisbers who have devoted much time
and thought to the newspaper code
and the radio problem"
I'VE very much regret" the resolu-
tior continued, the Presidents amaz-
ing order in announcing the news.
paper code. Executive orders are
usually objective, impartial ard even
tempered. This one was bad-mannered
and offensive and accomplished no
useful purpose
The very tone of the order indi-
Gates the justification of the pub
fishers insistent demands. The Presi-
cents statement strongly intimates
that in asking for a code section re-
affirming the freedom of the press,
the publishers desired merely license
to exploit childhood operate in fire.
trap buildings and outrage decency.
We oppose the proposed Federal con-
troll of communicating services as We
regard it as another step in attempt
ing to control free speech"
Sanders Letter Read.
1t is essential that there be no
! abridgement of the right Of free criti-
cism. said Everett Sanders, chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee. in a letter read at the annual
banquet of the association tonight.
The right of free speech and the
preservation of tree press consti-
tute the corner stone of popular gov
ernment," Sanders asserted.
The Republican chairman declared
that President Roosevelt in his ad-
dress last Monday before the N. R. A.
Conference challenged the rights of
free speech and free press"
HE advanced the astounding argu-
ment that any critic of an admins
trative policy is unpatriotic, unless
he submits a substitute for. or al
tentative to, the thing he criticizes."
Sanders letter stated. TO agree to
that proposition would be the equiva-
lent of prohibiting the criticism of
the policies of any administration,
Federal, State or local.