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for the President when he gave
us to understand that his father
intended to perpetuate the NRA
willy-nilly."
The text of the statement is
sued by Governor Landon chal
longing President Roosevelt to an
nounce his views on perpetuatior
Of the NRA follows:
"Mr. James Roosevelt in an
address at Gardner, Mass, on
Friday night on behalf of his
fathers candidacy for re-elec-
to the presidency, made a state
men regarding the NRA.
There are two versions of
what young Mr.. Roosevelt said,
one taken down in shorthand,
according to the press, at the
time the statement was made,
and the other given out by the
speaker himself the next day,
and then changed by him some
two hours later.
Gas to the actual intentions
of the President regarding the
NRA the two statements are In
essence identical.
ROOSEVELT'S STATEMENT
"The statement taken from
the stenOgraphic record of the
Worcester Telegram reads, as
vOuched for by that paper, as
follows:
eff the NRA had not been
knocked out we would not have
had as much unemployment.
The way to correct this is to
shorten hours of labor.
"In order to accomplish this,
the President intends to con-
tinue the principles of the NRA
by going before the people and
seeking an amendment to the
Constitution to make the prin-
ciples of the NRA the law Of
the land
VIEW DIFFERS
"Mr. James Roosevelt's own
account of what he said as
quoted in the press is as follows;
"'These are the purposes OF
the NRA. The Administration
is pledged to attempt to carry
out the purposes of the NRA in
every constitutional manner.
"'ShOuld there be no way In
which this can be accomplished,
which we do not admit, I as an
individual see no alternative but
to ask the people for the right
to make those purposes constl-
tutional through the Congress
of the United States
SMACKS OF NEW DEAL
"Without attempting to un-
ravel Mr.. James ROOsevelt's con-
StitutiOnal theories as expressed
in the last sentences Of his state
ment (they have a certain New
Deal smack about them), this
much is clear in both state
ments, namely, that young
Roosevelt understands the Presl-
dent still to intend to make NRA
principles live and operate IN
our Government by one device
or another.
"This is precisely what I have
charged over and over again.
cat Portland, Me-, on Septem'
Der IL, / said:
1.-THE NRA was the begin
ming of the movement which,
throughout the world, has been
sweeping aside private enterprise
i'm favor of government control
a movement which has been sub
shutting personal authority for
constitutional Self-gOvernment.
NRA SPIRIT LIVES ON
But-yOu may Say-the
NRA is dead.
"True enough. The National
Industrial Recovery Act is
dead. thanks to the courage
and integrity of the Supreme
Court.
"But the spirit Of the NRA
lives ON. 1t lives on in recently
enacted laws. 1t lives on in the
efforts of this Administration
to get around the decisions of
the Supreme Court. 1t lives on
in this Administrations 1886
platform. 1t lives on in the
recent utterance of the Presi-
dent and his spokesman.
"But above all, it lives on in
the spirit of the President, who
has confessed no errOr-whO
has let it be clearly known that
he considered it would be a
catastrophe If the American
farmer should once more be-
come lord of his own farm
"WHAT DOES 1T MEAN?
aft this does not mean that
the present Administration
wants to establish Government
domination of industry and
agriculture, what does it mean?
If the President has changed
his mind and recognizes his err
rOrS, let him say so. Let him
say so in plain language. Until
we have such an admission of
error, the choice before us is
clear
"In my address at Detroit on
October Is, showing that the
actions of the President do not
conform with his campaign
pIeaS-that he stands for indi-
vidual enterprise and favOrs an
allpOWerful Federal Govern
ment, brushing away State
rights and home rule, said:
eff the President thinks az.
ricultural and industrial an
archy can be prevented only by