The Washington times., 1936-09-04
CROWD CHEERS
DENUNCIATI0N
OF ROOSEVELT
Two Speeches Today to
End Campaign in
Pine Tree State
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS

This was the ringing declara'
ton of Col. Frank Knox as he pre-
pared to wind UP his fighting New
England campaign today with an
afternoon and evening address in
the Pine Tree State. He was to
speak in Dover Foxcroft at / p. m,
and in Waterville tonight.
Cheered at Lewiston
He told a big crowd at Lewiston:
"T come to you as the SpOkes-
man of a man you will under
stand and trust. He regards 3
public office as a public trust.
That IL why you have already
given unmistakable evidence that
Maine is going hell-bent for Ian
dom"
With the keynote" Maine cleo
ton less than two weeks away,
the audience greeted enthusiast
cally. The cheering increased as
Knox dashed out, for the first
time in his New England tour
against the Administrations So
cial Security Act.
cit is an evil thing to tax
wOrkmen in 1897 for Old-age
pensions 30 years away when
the hard.earned dollars they
nav out now may be worth 10
cents or / cent or nothing In
the future. There il no secur-
ity in Government that expert
ments with the livelihood Of
people.
"It Is a mOnstrOuS thing to
talk about security when banks
are swollen to the explosion
pOint with Government bonds,
when our savings accounts and
life insurance are endangered
by initiation"
Dealt From Bottom
Bitterly attacking the Admins
tration at many points, Knox said !:
"New England has faced the
terrOrs of a sO-called New Deal
a New Deal in which great
MANY cards were dealt from the
bottom of the pack, New Deal
in which a joker was running
wild in Washington"
He cited the AAA as the "most
preposterouS piece of government
tai durnb-headedneSs in the annals
of our nation" In main he said,
the AAA cost amounted to SIS for
every dollar received in benefits
by Maine farmers.
But the real ISSUE" he said, Is
"the kind of Federal Government
we are to have in the future"
Must Free Enterprise
zone kind of government" he
said, undertakes to substitute
official direction of American
economic life for free enterprise
properly regulated" He con
tinued:
at proposes to enter into
every activity, interfere with
every individual. 1t SuperviseS
private affairs. 1t invades
private business. 1t invadeS the
home. 1t does not say, Please
keep off the grass 1t says,
Wen grow the grass and tell
you what to do with it. If we
think best, we will make you
eat it. We have put that mat
ter in the hands of MIR. Wallace
or Mr.. Tugwell, or some other
political accident, who will tell
you whether the grass is good
for you or not
cat one time during the NRA
hySteria it was seriously pro-
posed at Washington to have
the Government start prOpa-
ganda to encourage marriage in
order to boost the market for
furniture and kitchen ware.
"This kind of gOvernment-in-
evitably goes into the very lives
of the people. In due time such
a government undertakes to
tell the people what they shall
eat, what they shall wear, when
they shall marry, how many chill
dren they shall have, what they
shall think, what their children
shall be taught.
EUROPE AS EXAMPLE
"DOes this sound like exag-
geratiOn? Draw a line across
Europe from Spain to Russia.
Follow that line and you will
find living along it 800 million
people housekeeping to the
orders of government in every
aspect of their lives.
"YOu do not get security un-
der RECOMMENDATION. You lose
everywhere-and when govern.
ment begins to direct industry
it upSetS the entire economic
system. It is the prOverbial bull
in the china shop.
money squandered on the
eva, PWA, AAA, and WPA,
could start thousand factories,
furnish a million homes and
give employment to a million
workers"
"In 1888 the President said
that his administration did not
hope to make hit every time
it came to bat. He was too
conservative. On it's recovery
program it has not yet got to
first base. 1t has struck out
every time and this year the
country is asking for waivers on
the whole team"