Evening star., 1936-10-14

levels. And now social security Is.
defined at the level of about SO cents
a day 20 years from now.
Everybody must know that It
doesn't mean anything. 80 Pre-
tending to create security for Sc
lected class in an insecure system Is
cruel joke-especially when you
take their money for it."
Ford said New Deal intentions
may have been good, but its perform
ance was very poor"
LAS a manufacturer" he said, 'T
have been it's special target for about
three years, but ! don't hold that
against tit has kept me thinking.
All of us have to thank the New Deal
for keeping US on the alert for our
country"
Without naming Ford. Landon drew
applause in his open-air speech when
he said the automobile industry "re-
sisted N. r. A. and "one Of its most
distinguished leaders never signed the
code of the Blue Eagle"
What built the automobile indus
! try, which has done SO much for the
country and its people?" Landon
asked. "The very qualities that this
administration holds up to scorn-
/ American initiative, American en-
ergy and American frugality Yet to-
day we ARE told that initiative must
be controlled, that energy and hard
| work must be restricted, that saving
has become crime against society"
Domination Held Main Goal.
Contending that Congress in ef-
feet gave up its constitutional pow
ers" so that Mr.. Roosevelt has been
able to accomplish indirectly what
the Constitution forbids him to do
directly" the nominee said unfavor-
| able Supreme Court decisions were
mere annoying setbacks" to the
New Deal drive for "a more and more
powerful Chief Executive"
eThe price of economic planning is
economic freedom" he said. And
economic freedom and personal lib
erty 60 hand in hand.
/ "Remember the threat to our eco
nomic freedom in the first two years
OF this administration. Remember
how step followed step until finally it
was made a crime, punishable by fine
or imprisonment, to grow potatoes. to
sell potatoes, even to buy potatoes, un-
lslesS they came within quota fxed
by Washington. And remember that
threat was killed because the justices
OF the Supreme Court respected their
oath of ofiice."
Quickening his campaign pace with
the election only q little more than
Ia fortnight away. Landon headed
westward with a program Of six rear
platform addresses today. E:
Stops were scheduled at Flint, 1870
am. Eastern standard time); Lans-
ing, 1:2O pm; jackson. sos PM;
Battle Creek, 4:33 pm; Kalamazoo.
Sis pm, and Grand Rapids, 7:l5
pm. ..,,
To Visit Indiana Tomorrow.
The candidate will spend the night
at Grand Rapids, pushing southwark
into Indiana tomorrow.
The text of Henry Ford's statement
follows: ,.....
Gov. Landon honored us with q
brief visit at Dearborn Tuesday, stay
ing at our house for luncheon. This
was my first opportunity to meet the
man who has brought this campaign
back to American issues. I gained
three very distinct impressions of him.
First, he is exceptionally well-informed
and has had experience along many
lines; second, he is able to speak his
mind in the frankest possible way
he is open and honest in his opinions;
third, he knows where he stands be-
cause he has thought things through
Gov. .Landon's mind has not been
warped. My Judgment would be that
he would be hard man to turn from
the American way of doing things.
The trouble with the presidency Is that
a man may say and intend one thing,
but pressure may compel him to do
something different--GOv. Land0n I'M
pressed me as a man who would re-
sist pressure: He knows the difficulty
of the job before him, but he believes
he can make adjustments that will
help everything move along more
smoothly. I think he can.
"He is a business man who knows
how to make both ends meet, and he
is a sympathetic, thoughtful. person
He ate out Of dinner bucket fol
years and he still thinks along with
the men who carry dinner buckets
1t is not pose with hint Is his
nature. After having this long talk
with him admire and believe in
him; hope he is elected.
Enough Of New Deal.
| IT am not criticizing the New Deal
Il only say that we have had enough
Of it; we have had about all the coun-
try can stand. Its intentions may
have been good, but its performance
was very poor. As q manufacturer
I have been its special target fol
about three years, but I don't hold
that against tit has kept me think
ing. All of us have to thank the New
Deal for keeping us on the alert for
our country. From the beginning the
New Deal has been assisted by the
worst form Of capitalism in the enort
to destroy competition in this coun-
try. That sort. of capitalism joins
communism at that point, toto de-
stroy competition. Nobody will have
| to strive to create better quality o.
better methods or :. better. wages Q,
lower. prices the Government VII
attend to, everything. You would bt
surprised how many manufactures
were deluded by that. OF course
they Awoke out Of that dream, be.
cause the promises that were made
Ito them could not be kept. No ons
was to blame for not keeping tn
! -..,.t... or,v for ynakin1 them-1