Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-08-27
The Prophet Warns

In his latest literical blast at the New Deal, Herber
Hoover, the Republican ex-president, continues his in
dictment of the Roosevelt administrations expenditures
and asserted "usurpation of liberty The latter phrase
has been utilized quite consistently by MIR. Hoover In
his rhetorical and written denunciations of the admins
tration. In his fnely-worded, grammatcaly-perf
speeches and written dissertations Mr.. Hoover would
have us believe that the principal reason we should
change to a new chief executive is because the incum-
bent president and his assistants are taking our liberty
from us.
Frankly, we were never aware of the fact that the
New Deal is jeopardizng our freedom. We are still un-
aware of it. We also cannot fully understand Mr.. Hoo
ver's viewpoint when he refers to the RECOMMENDATION OF
our youth, undoubtedly having in mind those in the CCC
camps If Recommendation is the opportunity for youths
of destitute families to earn a healthful subsistence,
then we are forced to disagree with Mr.. Hoovers con-
tention that RECOMMENDATION is a Socialstic tendency which
will undermine our democracy. The CCC, established in
a time of dire national distress as a relief measure, con-
tinues TO be of inestmable value as a unit of conserya-
ton and reconstruction as we'll as a constructive infiu-
ence in the lives of thousands of young men of the ma
ton.
Mr.. Hoover also fays the administrations purported
disregard for the Constitution and warns against the
mounting federal debt due to governmental expenditures.
And how would MI. Hoover meet the existing crisis oc-
casloned by drouth, except by federal spend ng? Pro-
vision of a livelihood for its people when they cannot
support themselves is the first consideration of the gov
eminent of any civilized nation, even though future
generations must pay the ~proverbial fiddler. 1t is our in
depreciation that the Constitution of the United States
embodies enough elasticity to permit the government to
provide for its unemployed and destitute in emergen-
cies. If it doesn't, we believe an amendment is in order.
Despite Mr.. Hoover's opinion to the contrary, we
believe that in the set-up of work relief projects
throughout the nation, the present administration is en-
ploying the best method for relief of the nations needy.
Work projects sustain relief clients self-respect and ell
inmate the d~erogatory influence of the dole. 1t is true
some measures could be applied to pare ineficiency of
the relief set-up, but as a whole we are led to believe
the best relief set-up possible is now in operation.
Few people who remember the last dark days of the
Hoover administration will give credence to the great en-
gineers vague mutterngs Of "usurpation," "regimenta-
ton" and "loss of liberty" While in office himself the
fact seemed to escape Mr.. Hoover that critical conditions
require drastic measures of correction, as witness the
do-nothingness of his administration during the bank
and farm relief crises of the first months of tie depres-
sion. Mr.. Hoovers abusive vagaries will no longer serve
as counsel for many of the citizens who elected him to
the presidency in '28.