The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-17

willing to work shall have chance to work, and to earn not merely enough to feed and clothe himself, but enough to provide him with decent living. He should be secure in the knowledge that such oppor- tunity is going to be lasting one in the future. Only by looking forward and planning our national economy can this be accomplished. All economists agree that the out put of the products of both agri- culture and industry had far out stripped our system of distributing those products when the crash occurred. They agree that another crash would inevitably follow by returning to peak production without restoring purchasing pow CT to, consume the articles pro- duced.
 Restore Normal Production
 Our task now is to restore pro- duction to normal and to keep the consuming capacity of our people in step with the increase of pro- duction.
 The control of the issuance of securities and the regulation of the security exchanges is necessary to prevent the insane speculative expansion of the years before 1929, in which production rose faster than we could provide for it's distribution.
 Old age pensions, the building up of unemployment insurance re- serves, and the provision under the codes of fair voice to labor in the distribution of increased earnings of industry all help to distribute the products of industry as production grows. Only by so distributing them can we make certain that the growth of produc- tion will not again throw our sys- tenn out of balance and cause an- other crash.
 Social justice demands this pro- gram. So also does the selfish interest of every one of us, whether we are industrial workers, farmers, employers of labor, or members of a profession.
 A program of economic planning based on social justice is offered by the democratic party. Compare this program with the republican program.
 Attack On Three Grounds
 They attack us on three. main grounds, first the so-called regi- mentation of industry and destruc- tion of personal liberty under our program. '
 Perhaps in Jefferson's time, when each farm produced most of it's own goods, manufactured goods as we'll as those raised from the soil, any control by the govern ment of industry would have been an infringement on the liberty of the individual to live and work as he desired. But conditions have changed. With twentieth century economic conditions and the re- sultant specialization and m as S production the liberty of the work CT has disappeared. What he shall produce, when he shall work and under what conditions, long ago passed from his control. The work CT has become the slave of finance and minority control fostered by widely scattered stock ownership. True freedom of the worker de- mands an opportunity to earn a decent living. Control of business and government by those few men III COuLTOl OI OuT large DdHkS ana industries has shown itself unable to provide such an opportunity. We contend that in this situation it is the right and duty of govern ment to assist in correcting the evils of our economic system. The machine long ago began the, des- truction of personal liberty; gov- ernment can help to restore it.
 Attack Presidents Advisers
 The second foundation of the republican program is the attack on the presidents advisers = the so-called brain trust. The answer to that attack is the recovery pro- gram of the president. We stand solid1y behind it. We ask only that our opponents abandon their per- sonal attacks on these men and discuss their work. The smoke screen of personalities and evasion of the real issue shows that the opponents realize the weakness of their stand.
 A third ground of attack is bas- ed on the loss of political liberty under the present administration, the so-called trend toward des. potism. We have had in this state for years good example of the republican form of political lib- erty-liberty to vote for the can