The Washington times., 1934-08-23
SHOUSE DENIES
PRESIDENT 7 IS.
To Be TARGET
Al Smith, Davis and du Pont
Among Sponsors of New
Organization
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
International News Service

A conservative backfire against
certain-if not many-aspects of
the New Deal has been started
by a group of wealthy and politi'
cally prominent figures in both
Democ attic and Republican
parties, who have been vastly per
turbed at what they consider the
radical tendencies of the Roose
velt administration.
Politicians gasped slightly to-
day when they looked at the
names of the sponsors Of the new
movement, which is to be known
as the American Liberty League
for these sponsors are none other
than:
Alfred E. Smith, Democratic
Presidential candidate in 1928.
John w. Davis, Democratic
presidential candidate in 1924.
Irenee DUPONT, industrialist
who supported Smith in % and
Roosevelt in '32.
Nathan L. Miller, Republican
ex-governor of New York, now
attorney for many corporations.
James w. WadSworth, Repub-
lican Congressman from New
York, ex-senator, and now con-
sidered a foremost Republican
Presidential possibility for 1896.
Their Aims
The announced purpose OF the
new organization is:
"To defend and uphold the
Constitution of the United
States, and to gather and dis
seminate information that O
will teach the necessity of re-
spect for the rights of persons
and property as fundamental to
every successful form Of Gov
ernment, and ~ will teach the
duty of Government to en-
courage and protect individual
and group initiative and enter
prise, to foster the right to
work, save and acquire property,
and to preserve the ownership
and lawful use of property when
acquired"
whether the League has been
conformed to combat Franklin d.
Roosevelt's reelection to the Presl
dency in 1885, or merely to com
bat legislation that its sponsors
feel to be radical" and Social
iStic." remains to be seen. Ger
tainly, for the present, the latter
is it's aim. The future, that is 1886,
will see what it will see.
It is widely known that Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Davis particularly
have been out of sympathy with
Roosevelt policies. Mr.. Smith, in
his writings, and Mr.. Davis, in his
speeches, have been acrid in their
criticism of the New Deal philoS'
ophy, as embodied in the AAA, the
MIRA, and other alphabetical COM
ponents of the Roosevelt soup. Re-
publican conservatives have been
no less concerned.
Who'll Pay Is Worry
Also, business and corporate
interests in both parties have
been profoundly disturbed over
'who is going to pay the bill''
for the new deal experiments in
the form of greatly increased
taxes. They fear and believe
that they are going to be
elected.
The president and executive
director of the American Liberty
League is to be Jouett ShouSe
former executive chairman of the
Democratic national committee
until ousted by the Roosevelt
forces at the Chicago convention
Mr.. Shouse also was head of the
association against the prohibi
ton amendment, which was
credited with yeoman work for
repeal.
The league, under Mr.. ShouSe's
direction, plans to conduct q
campaign similar to that of the
AAPA, organizing by States
bringing influence to bear on
members of Congress against
legislation deemed inimical to
personal or property rights" and
ultimately to engage in politics
to the extent of opposing or in
dorsing candidates, as did the
AAPA, and as does the American
Federation of Labor and Amer
jcan Legion now.
"NOt Anti-ROOSevelt"
Because it is just getting
organized, the league will take
no part in the forthcoming
November congressional elections.
AS to 1886, when a president
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