The Washington times., 1935-08-17
RAPS ATTACKS
0NH|GHC0URT,
CONSTITUTION
Former Cabinet Man
AssaiIs Building Up
of SectionaIism

CHAUTAUQUA, N. Y, Aug. II
O.N.SO.-Denouncing ROO Sevelt
policies, Ogden L. Mills, mentioned
as a Republican presidential can
didate, today declared in a speech
before the Chautauqua nstitu-
ton that the Raw Deal "ls the
entering wedge. for the applica-
ton of the coercionist system to
free America" He said:
"ThiS American system Of
ours is now being undermined.
Unless arrested the process now
under way will transform our
country into q society organized
on the basis Of coercion, under
which individual responsibility
will be transferred to the state
and individual freedom sub
ordinated to the authority OF
the government.
"This is the supreme issue
that cOnfrOnts the American
people.
II cannot accept the explana-
ton that the New Deal IL com
posed of series Of individual
actions intended merely to meet
q succession Of problems arising
from an emergency. The pat
tern is too uniform; the tenac-
lty with which the central OBJ :
jective is pursued too persist
ent; the impotence with any
and all obstacles to its attain
ment too marked, and the de-
termination to push forward
even as the emergency waneS,
too obvious to permit any such
Interpretation.
CITES NRA COMMENT
eff any doubt remained. the
Presidents remarkable press in
terview after the NRA decision
must have dispelled 1t. If the
Constitution stands in the way
! Of the New Deal, then amend
the Constitution. If the SUI
preme Court remains faithful to
its duties, let the Supreme Court
beware"
Asserting the AAA vests COM
plete control of the agricultural
industry in the Chief Executive,
Mr.. Mills said:
MANY farmers, am told.
appear to be well satisfied with
the temporary benefits enjoyed.
Let them beware. They are
surrendering their property and
means of livelihood to the dis
cretion and judgment Of Gov
eminent bureaucrats, who, on
the final showdown, will be
found where the biggest vote
lies.
"The farmer would do well
to consider what will be his
fate, if stripped of constitu-
tional protection. the city folk
should decide to use their SUI
perior voting strength for their
not his, advantage"
RAPS CENTRAL POWER
Mr.. Mills warned against eff.
forts being made "for selfish pur.
poses" to array section against
section, class against class. He
said:
"The aim is clearly to create
an alI-pOwerfuI central govern
ment exercising complete control
over the economic life Of the
nation through control Of credit.
business, labor and agriculture"
Mr.. Mills decried attacks on big
fortunes and big industries simply
because Of their bigness, asserting
that these fortunes and industries
contribute vastly to the national
wealth. both while in the making
and afterward. He said:
ut is pertinent to inquire at
what point in Mr.. FOrd's career
It would have been socially de-
sirable for the Government to
intervene and to arrest the
further development of his in
duStriaI establishment lest Mr..
Ford grow too rich.
1T may be that the type Of
Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie,
Henry BesSen1er, and Thomas
Edition are harmful to society.
am decidedly not Of that
opinion. I believe. on the con-
tr0ry. they made . great cOntri-
button to the welfare Of the
. mass of the people,"
CHANGES NEEDED
Mr.. Mills admitted the existing
system has defects which need
correction. He said there no
longer is any excuse for major
booms and depreSSionS, and Ameri.
can business genius must take
steps to prevent them in the
future. He expressed the need for
banking reform; q system Of old.
age pensions; unemployment and
health insurance; reduction of the
"intolerable burden of taxation;
protection of savings, both from
private exploitation and the Gov
ernment":: stimulation Of farm
and home ownership; q stable
monetary system: sterilization Of
employment: betterment Of wages
and resumption of q greater world
trade.
But, he said:
"AbOve all, we must keep faith
with our past and safeguard our
future by maintaining unim-
paired the American system Of
free enterprise, free men, and