The Fort Peck press., 1936-08-20


f<S|@- - A-"z-''-4 AS Colonel Knos
Colonel Knox stepped forward tc
deliver his speech of acceptance
he was greeted by roar of ap
plause that continued for many
minutes. His fellow citizens were
glad to express their qualification
for the honor done him, and the
thousands from outside Chicago
were no less warm in their appre'
citation of the candidate. In the
streets surrounding the stadium
was another vast throng OF people
who, unable to get into the build
ing, listened to the proceedings as
broadcast by a loud-speaker sys-
tenn.
Unlike Governor Landon, Colonel
Knox devoted much Of his address
to the alleged failures of the Roose-
welt administration which, he sad,
had the most glorious opportunity
in the history of the nation but lg-
nored its responsibility, failed IN
its job and defaulted in its obll-
cations.
''From the day that it took Of
fee" he declared, ''it embarked
on series of hysterical expert
ments on the economic life OF a
burdened people. At time when
universal cooperation was neces-
sity it initiated a campaign OF
abuse and vilifcation of business
men. At time when the credit OF
the country should have been
strengthened it inaugurated a poll
cy of credit adulteration and cur
rency experiment that demorallzed
foreign trade and frightened do
mestic finance. 1t set up system
of RECOMMENDATION OF industry that
reduced production and prevented
unemployment. By coercion OF con-
gress it forced the passage OF re-
form measures so recklessly drawn
that they hamstrung the revival OF
enterprise and paralyzed the re-
newal of investment. 1t installed
a RECOMMENDATION of agriculture that
destroyed food and reduced foreign
markets and increased the cost OF
living and multiplied the expense
of relief.
"At time when private industry
was struggling desperately for a
new start it set up governmental
enterprise to compete with private
business. At a time when the bur
den of taxation was already hard
to bear, it embarked on a policy Of
squandering public funds and in
creasing the weight of taxes. At a
time when united effort and mutual
goodwill would have completed
recovery it promoted sectional hat
red and class strife. At a time
when returning business confidence
was ending depression it began a
campaign TO terrorize business and
subjugate the banks. At a time
when confidence in the character of
government was vital it eStab-
lished a spoils system. At a time
when the economic system was
worn and emaciated it performed
major surgical operations upon the
industrial body to see what was
inside. 1t adopted an economic
philosophy Of scarcity and forced it
upon a hungry and distressed peo-
pie. 7.
mo one can define the New Deal
or even describe it. But we know
what it means. 1t means federal
control over local business, over
local bank credit, over local wages,
over local conditions of work. 1t
leads TO federal RECOMMENDATION Of
the labor, the business, and the
home of every American citizen
1t leads to price-fixing and produc-
ton control by federal authority. It
leads inevitably to the extinction
of the small business man, to the
end of free enterprise in America"
Before the ceremonies started
there were four big parades, con-
verging at the stadium; and elab-
crate musical programs were pro-
vided both inside and outside the
building.