The Washington times., 1936-01-09
JACKSON DAY
ADDRESS IS
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with the Supreme Court. He once
observed, pungently:
"JOhn Marshall (Chief Jus
tice) has his decision; now let
him enforce it."
Mr.. Roosevelt did not go that
far, although he referred indi'
rectly to his own difficulties with
the Supreme Court, which in the
past nine months has knocked
out the main pillar Of his New
Deal and threatens to knock out
still more in the weeks to come
Court Comment Wary
Near the close of his speech,
after repeatedly drawing atten-
ton to the similarity of his own
and Jackson's problems. Mr.,
Roosevelt said:
81 know you will not be sur
prised by lack Of comment on
my part on the decision Of the
Supreme Court two days ago
1.-THE invalidating Of the AAA).
I cannot and will not render
0ffhand judgment without
studying, with utmost care,
two Of the most mOmentOuS
opinions, the majority and the
minority, ever rendered In any
case before the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
"The ultimate result Of the
language of these opinions will
profoundly affect the lives Of
Americans for years to come.
It is enough to say that the
attainment Of justice and con-
tinuance Of prosperity for Amer
lean agriculture remains an i'm
mediate and constant objective
Of my Administration"
BOTH OPINIONS STUDIED
The President went to particu-
lar pains to emphasize the two"
Notwithstanding that the Ad-
ministration is studying the
minority decision Of three by
Justice Stone, upholding the AAA,
almost if not quite as seriously as
it is the multiplying majority de-
cision of six by Justice Roberts.
Justice Stone was as vehement
in supporting the principle Of
AAA as Justice Roberts was in
condemning it.
A frank and open bid again was
made by Mr.. Roosevelt for the
support Of other than Democrats
in the approaching campaign. He
said he spoke to the Jacksonian
diners in the same language and
spirit that he would address a
gathering of Republicans. Pro
gressives, Independents. Farmer
Laborites, or business men," Mr.
Roosevelt had a lot of this sort
Of support in 1882. ..~...
Only People With Him
And. going back to the Jack;
sonian comparison, he said:
Backed not only by his party
but by thousands who had be-
lOnged to OtLer parties or be-
lOnged to no party at all, Andrew
Jackson was compelled to fight
ever inch Of the way for the
ideals and policies in which he
believed. An Oc%rwh e m ing
proposition Of the material
power Of the country was ar ,
rayed against him"
"The great media for the
dissemination Of information
newspapers in those days. and
the moulding Of public opinion
fought him. Naughty and ster-
lie intellectua]ism opposed him.
MuSty reaction diSapprOved
him. Hollow and OutwOrn ira
ditiOnalism shook a trembling
finger at him. 1t seemed that
sometimes all were against him
all but the people of the
United States.
"And history repeats ITSELF"
The sally drew laughter from
the audience. AS he continued
to compare Jackson's case with
his own, with the constant re-
iteration Of the phrase history
repeats itself" this laughter be-
came familiar accompaniment.
Humorous On Election
Mr.. Roosevelt made humorous
reference to the approaching elec-
ton. He was becoming "din1ly
conscious" he said, "that this
year we are to have a national
election" And again:
'Whatever be the Demo
cratic) platform, whoever may
be the nOminee-and I am told
a convention is to be held to
decide these momentOuS cues
tiOnS-the basic issue will be
the retention of popular govern
ment."
Several times in his address did
the President assert that the
chief opposition to his reform
policies was conducted by "a small
minority of business men and
financiers." He said:
"And against them, you and
I shall continue to wage war.
1--WE are at peace with the
wOrld-but the fight goes on.
"Our fr 0ntiers today are eco
nomic, not geographic. Our
enemies are the forces Of privi-
lege and greed within our own
borders.
"The people of America know
the heart and the purpose Of