The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-01-04
ROOSEVELT BRANDS
FOES AS "COWARDS"
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seeking mlnorltleS are menaclng
a world tired of war. The Uni
ted States, he pleadged, will con.
tinue to seek the ways of peace
but will maintain an adequate
defense against attack.
Attempts to reduce world ar,
maments haev broken down, Mr.
Roosevelt continued, and peace
and good will toward man have
faded in Europe and Asia. He
mentioned no country by name
as he condemned those seeking
"autocratic powers" and recog.
nized that his vigorous criticism
would not prove popular with any
nation what Chooses to fit this
shoe to it's foot"
1t was one of the most sharply
worded messages ever delivered to
congress by president. He ad-
vocated only one specific piece
of legislation--the permanent
neutrality act INTRODUCED in both
houses earlier in the day. 1t
gives Mr.. Roosevelt added discre-
tionary powers to keep this nation
out of war
1t was more than a routine mes
sage that the president read last
night. The radio carried his
voice and message to a potential
audience of 100000 American
people and into 100000 Amer
lean homes. 1t was the first move
by the leader of the Democratic
party to bring the New Deal out
of the bad skid into which it has
slipped in all but the southern
states.
Congressional leaders have din
ned into Mr.. Roosevelt's ears the
warning that this administration
had lost ground. He promised
them he wouldn't pull his punches
and would strike back hard at or
ganized business attacks upon the
New Deal.
After "a months of the New
Deal, Mr.. Roosevelt said, the con-
troll of the government had been
seized from powerful minorities.
Dollar diplomacy has been scrap
ped. But, he warned, the money
changers "who abdicated in 1888"
are back again. So, he said, are
rulers on the exchange of man.
kinds goods "who failed through
their own incompetence and stub
bornness."
"They seek the restoration of
their selfish powers" he declar-
ed. "They offer to lead US back
around the same old corner into
the same old dreary street. They
seek the livery of great constltu-
tionai ideals to serve discredlted
special interests. ,
"They seek to control and
often do control and use for their
own purposes legitimate and high
" honored business associations" "
At this point the cheering was
so prolonged that Mr.. Roosevelt
was forced to pause.
The chief executive did not
identify Edward F. Hutton, capt.
talist, by name but referred d.
rectly to a phrase attributed to
Hutton that business gang up
on the New Deal" in comment
ing on the opposition of business
minorities, to his policies, the
president said:
q. they would gang up
against the peoples liberties,
Then Mr.. Roosevelt issued TINS
challenge:
"If these gentlemen believe, as
they say they believe, that the
measures adopted by this congress
and it's predecessor. and carried
out by this administration, have
hindered rather than promoted
recovery, let them be consistent.
Let them propose to this congress
the complete repeal of these mea-
sures.
proposal M,
reforms, the administrations re-
lief policies, banking regulation,
the social security program, child
labor bands and asked whether
these should be repealed to send
the idle back to soup Kitchens ana
babies to factories. >,
"Let these challenges be met,
MIR. Roosevelt demanded. "lt TINS
is what these gentlemen want, let
them saw so to the congress OF
the United States. Let them no
longer hide their dissent IN a
cowardly cloak of generates :
let them be specific in their mega
tive attack" .,J oo;,
that the only thing this nation
has to fear is fear. Fear, ne
said, is the weapon of MS oppon-
ents. IT., .u.;u -
day is not natural fear" ne
ennbasibed. cit is a synthetic
manufactured, poisonous fear that
is being spread subtly, expense
vely. and cleverly by the same
neople who cried in those other
days-'save US, save us, else we
perish .,,hs+.r
tial material progress" the presl:c
dent continued, Sin the light OF
increasing effectiveness OF the
restoration of popular rule,
recommend to the congress that
we advance; that we do not re-
treat" ,s--,,,ox,o+;c
It was one of the most dramatic
incidents in the presidents long
career in public life. HIS lace
beamed at the warm applause OF
Democrats and he smiled at one
point when Republicans cheereo
his forecast of a balanced pudge'
in the future. +od
The president was lnterrupseo
by applause which on TWO oc oias
sions lasted "a seconds. he cIos,
* n on "a