Evening star., 1936-10-22
az the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Arizona, october 22.-
The text of Gov. ALI M. Landon's ad'
dress here last night follows:
For this neighborly welcome to
Phoenix and to Arizona I thank
you and your fellow citizens
throughout the State most heartily.
MY only regret is that my visit
cannot be longer here and that
cannot follow it up by visiting the
other cities and towns OF this pro-
gressive commonwealth.
! As a Kansan, I naturally feel at
home among the people of this
| Southwest country. In Kansas We
look upon you as our neighbors in
the national household. Many OF
our problems are your problems
also. We share your pride in the
honest toll, the self-denial, the
courage and common sense that
have made and will keep this re-
gion "the homestead of the free"
As I came across your State
from California today I could not
but recall that Arizona con-
tributed the forty-eighth star to
our flag. 1t was the admission OF
your State which brought fully
under the Constitution and into
the Union the whole of our great
country from coast to coast. To-
night I wish to discuss with you
in the short time at my disposal
how we can best keep the Union
of the 48 States on a firm founda-
ton.
Fundamental Issue
Is Preservation of System.
That is the fundamental issue
as I see it in this campaign
whether we shall maintain our
American system of government or
whether We shall surrender it for
another and very different system.
This is a question above party, a
question that challenges our most
serious consideration, not as Demo-
Gratis or Republicans, but as Amer
leans.
Through the Constitution our
forefathers gave the Government
they established certain rights and
duties. But they specifically kept
for themselves and their children
the right to live their own lives, to
speak freely, to write freely and to
worship according to the dictates
Of conscience.
Our Government Of delegated
powers, under which the liberties
of each one of us are preserved, has
so long been a part of our lives that
we have taken it all as pretty much
for granted. But recent events have
made us more keenly aware of the
value OF our time-teSted system.
We see its merit by contrast with
the opposite forms of Government
now creeping over the world
forms under which all power Is
placed in the hands OF a ruler with
the people getting only such Incl
dental liberties as he allows to
trickle down to them.
I Today's Voters to Choose
system for Future Generations.
Today the people of this country
have a choice between the Amer
lean system they always have
known and an opposite system.
This will determine whether they
and their children will remain q
free people, capable of self-govern-
rnent, or be dominated by an ALE
powerful central authority. We
have watched this very thing
happen In other nations in recent
years.
I am not questioning the hui
Ynanitarian intentions Of the pres
ent Administration. But do wish
to point out the threatening char
acter Of the means the Admins
tration uses to carry out its in
tentionS.
There can be no question as to
the road down which we are being
led. RECOMMENDATION of the indi-
vidual and curb of his liberties
underlie every one of the New
Deals plans. They have allowed
nothing to deter them in their plan
to make over our political, social
and economic life. The Supreme
Court already has ruled many OF
these plans contrary to our Con-
stitution. Unfortunately, we are
left in no doubt that the present
Administration regards this not as
an end to their efforts, but only as
q minor barrier to be circumvented
If 1t can't be hurdled.
Threat Strikes at
Homes, Jobs and Lives.
This threatened change IN our
form of government is not remote.
Its effects will strike directly into
the homes, jobs and lives OF every
one of us. The reality of it Is but
too well known to us.
During the time We have seen
laws that told farmers what they
could plant in their fields. Other
measures have told workers how
many hours they could stay at
their tasks. Certain regulations
have limited industry in how much
1t could produce.
We see in the present admins
tration Of the grazing act another
example of Federal bureaucracy
run wild.
If by one means or another
rights to regulate can be set up,
such regulations will not stop
with telling farmers how many
bushels of potatoes they can har-
vest. If this power of regulation
shall be fully established it will
then be argued there is equal au-~
thority to tell q man to cease \
farming entirely and start digging
bitches, or to order women to cease
wearing silk and rayon hose and
to begin wearing cotton ones. Or
to order all working men to work
twice their present hours at half