Evening star., 1934-01-30
QUESTIONS NEW DEAL"
Mills Scores Executive Dictatorship
in Kansas Speech.

| BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, KanS.. January 30.-De-
nouncing executive dictatorship" Og-
den L. Mills, former Secretary of the
Treasury, reviewed the program OF the
Roosevelt administration in an address
here last night and urged Kansas Re-
publicans to be on guard against un-
wise public policies.
At a banquet commemorating the
States 73rd birthday anniversary, the
Republican mentioned as possible
presidential candidate asserted he was
opposed to revolutionary change with
out popular mandate and 70 govern
| ment by men without any practical
limitations of law"
Discussing powers given the Chief
Executive in carrying out the national
recovery program, the speaker said.
| Not only have We witnessed what
| believe is an unconstitutional attempt
| to extend the powers of the Federal
Government beyond the limits contem-
plated by the basic law, but the exer-
! else of enormously expanded authority
| has been vested in the hands of a single
! individual. SO that the citizen is de-
prived not only Of protection of the
! fundamental law. but is subjected to
| arbitrary executive action freed from
the restrictions of legislative control"
The N r. A., he commented, has
much to commend 1t as long as 1t elm
| mates unfair and unsound practices
and promotes sound development" of
| industries national in scope. But, he
| added, this is something very differ
/ ent from the wholesale attempt to re-
organize industry and business by sub
Stituting detailed bureaucratic control
in place of regulated individual con-
troll"
Seeks Higher Living Standard.
Mr.. Mills stated he was not inclined
| to be too critical of the administra-
tion's agricultural program as strictly
| emergency measures. but said he pre-
| ferred to turn his attention to 1.-The pos
| sibilities. among others, of recovering
! lost markets and to the stimulation Of
/ increased consumption not only through
/ restoration of purchasing power at
home but through the promotion of a
greater prosperity and higher stand
ard of living the world over"
In attacking what he termed the ad-
ministration's program of a planned
and managed national life" Mills said ::
| Our ancestors gave their lives to
make the individual the master of his
| destiny. and the State the servant
rather than the master Of the people
The uneXampled growth, progress and
well-being of our people over a period
| of $50 years. and the wealth. resources.
organization. standard of living and
civilization of this country testify to the
soundness of their principles and to
the wisdom and foresight with which
they built"
Idea Is Impractical
| The idea of a managed national life
| is an impractical one. he said.
The truth is that there exists in the
world today no man or group of men
who can visualize, much more direct.
the countless small streams that unite
to form the mighty river of American
| economic life"
| Mills said the Governments expendi-
lures on its recovery program was
"mortgaging our future"
I'VE cannot. short of inviting disaster,
borrow up to the very point Of exhaus-
tion." he said. AT some stage or
| stages. a transition must be effected,
| and the Nation once more become self
supporting. We must get back to the
position where We can say with Presi-
dent Cleveland that it is not the busi-
ness Of the Government to support the
people; it is the business of the people
| to support the Government