Evening star., 1936-06-11

power are in the blood of some
part of these men. Dc you believe
that if reelected they intend to
stand still among the wreckage of
their dreams? In the words of
Mr.. Hopkins, perhaps we are too
profanely dumb to understand.
So much for the evidence that
the New Deal is a definite at
tempt to replace the American
system of freedom with some sort
of European planned existence.
Zut let us assume that the expla-
nation Is simply hit-and-run op-
portunism, spoils system and
muddle.
We can well take a moment to
explore the prospects of American
ideals of liberty and self-govern-
ment under the philosophy. We
may take only seven short ex-
amples:
The Supreme Court has reversed
10 or II of the New Deal major
enactments. Many of these acts
were a violation of the rights Of
men and of self-government. Des-
pite the sworn duty of the Execu-
tive and Congress to defend these
rights, they have sought to take
them into their own hands. That
is an attack Of the foundations Of
freedom.
Word Must" Inyades
Congress and Saps Liberties.
More than this, the indepen-
dence of the Congress, the Su-
preme Court, and the Executive
are pillars at the door of liberty.
For three years the word must"
has invaded the independence Of
Congress. And the Congress has
abandoned its responsibility to
check even the expenditures of
money. They have turned open
appropriations into personal pow
er. These are distractions of the
very safeguards of free people.
We have seen these gigantic
expenditures and this torrent of
waste pile up national debt
which two generations cannot re-
pay One time I told a Democratic
Congress that you cannot spend
yourselves into prosperity" You
recall that advice did not take
then. 1t hasn't taken yet. Billions
have been spent to prime the eco
nomic pump. 1t did employ a
horde of paid officials upon the
pump handle. We have seen the
frantic attempts to find new taxes
on the rich. Yet three-quarters of
the bill will be sent to the average
man and the poor. He and his
wife and his grandchildren will be
giving quarter Of all their work
ing days to pay taxes. Freedom to
work for himself is changed into
a slavery of work for the follies
of Government.
We have seen an explosive in
fation of bank credits by this
Government borrowing. We have
seen varied steps toward currency
imitation that have already en-
riched the speculator and deprived
the poor. If this is to continue
the end result is the tears and
anguish of universal bankruptcy
and distress. No Democracy in
history has survived its final
stages.
Swap of Aid for Politics
Forced Upon the Destitute.
We have seen the building up
of a horde of political officials.
We have seen the pressures upon
the helpless and destitute to trade
political support for relief. Both
are pollution of the very foun-
tains of liberty.
We have seen the most elemen-
tai violations of economic law and
experience. The New Deal for
gets it is solely by production of
more goods and more varieties of
goods and services that we ad-
vance the living and security Of
men. If we constantly decrease
costs and prices and keep up earn
ings, the production of plenty will
be more and more widely distrib-
uted. These laws may be re-
stitched in new phrases that they
are the very shoes of human prog
ress. We had so triumphed in this
long climb of mankind toward
plenty that We had reached Mount
Pisgah, where we looked over the
land Of abolished poverty. Then
men began to quarrel over the
division of the goods. The depres-
sion produced by war destruction
temporarily checked our march
toward the promised land.
Then came the little prophets Of
the New Deal. They announce the
striking solution that the way out
Is to produce less and to increase
prices so the people can buy less.
They have kept on providing some
new restriction or burden or fright
AOWh w q WCCh dSOs
At least it has enabled the New
Deal to take a few hundred thou
sand earnest party workers to the
promised land. 1t takes the rest
Of us for a ride into the wilderness
of unemployment.
Can Democracy stand the strain
Of Hother Hubbard economics for
long?
Morals and Honor Lost in
Jump From Muddle to MuddIe.
Any examination of the eco
nomic muddle of the last three
years shows the constant thread
OF price fixing, restriction Of pro-
duction and drive. against small
business. That is the soul of
monopoly. That has maintained
from the N. r. A. to the last tax
bill. These are old tricks In new
disguise which puts shackles upon
the freedom of men.
In desperate jumping from one
muddle to another we have seen
repeated violation of morals and
honor to government. Do I need
recall the reputation of obi
cations, the clipping Of the coin,
the violation Of trust to guard the
Constitution and the coercion Of
the voter? When the standards of
honor and morals fail in govern
ment, they fail in the people.
There are some moral laws writ