Evening star., 1936-01-30
COL. KN0XASSERTS
FREEDOM IS ISSUE
Publisher Sees Distinction
! Between New Deal and
/. Democratic Party.
Nv the Associated Press.

SET4Ok hIlOA, p1VElI1CAeAy "ASAosoAA~~
.as a Republican candidate for Presi-
dent, asserted last night the Ameri-
can people would decide in the No
vember election between becoming
yassa's to a dictator in the guise OF
D Democratic President or remaining
free citizens of free republic"
v The Chicago publisher addressed
the thirty-third annual Mckinley day
banquet of the Tippecanoe Club, at
which 1900 Republicans from North
sern Ohio were served. He drew sharp
distinction between what he termed
fa "Socialistic New Deal party" and
the Democratic party.
Il He described the Supreme Court as
s'the one remaining American body
In Washington
4 In the months intervening between
nov and the national elections An
November" Knox said, ''the Ameri-
Scan people will have to decide for
sthemselves between becoming vassals
.to dictator in the guise of Demo-
ecratic president or remaining free
sciitzens of a free republic.
Il There is no middle ground" Knox
said, referring to the dilemma he pro-
posed.
Y Says Freedom At Stake.
"There is no other choice. We shall
continue as a free nation or we shall
become a nation with government in
complete control Of peoples daily
lives, their savings and Of their occu-
! pations.
ut cannot be otherwise A coer-
Give system cannot be grated upon
q voluntary system. We saw that in
the N r. A. We saw it again in the
A. A. A. We. have seen. too. how the
Supreme Court-the one remaining
4 American body in Washington-threw
{ out these acts as unconstitutional. :"
i Knox said the Nation is facing
Il something that Is not an American
1 form of government.
Il THE American people have not
u faced so serious situation since the
!. days of the Civil War;" he said.
!. Washington has stolen the cloak of
j the Democratic party under which
to hide its own socialistic skeleton.
. Real members of the Democratic
party-men such as Alfred E. Smith
and John w. Davis, each on differ
ent occasions the presidential nominee
Of the Democratic party-know 1t.
& LAS head of the New Deal party,
Mr.. Roosevelt will make lot of
! promises to the American people in
!. this year of 1936-just as, in 1882,
!. he made lot of promises to them
as head of the Democratic party"
S.ocialistic Leanings Seen.
He accused the President of having
caused to be written into law. wholly
= or in part, the IL principal planks
of the Socialist platform while largely
+ disregarding the pledges of his own
Y party.
But this year he will make his
I promises in the name of the Demo-
cratic party" Knox declared.
s HE recognizes it as a good vote
catching scheme. Do not be deceived.
+ This is merely perversion of name
not conversion in spirit"
He assailed New Dealers who, "hav-
Ing stolen the birthright of the Demo-
cratic party. are out to take what re-
mains-the heritage of the American
8 people and their right to govern them
selves"
New Dealers know. he said, that If
they can discredit the Supreme Court
I. they will bring down "the keystone in
\ the arch of democratic form of gov
Il ernment. anc by so doing undermine
h what cannot be directly overthrown,'
L to use popular Communist phrase"
n Says Bloom" Is Gone.
The publisher asserted the New Deal
\ has lost its bloom"
& THE American people, in disillu-
Z sionment have become all too familiar
\ with the quintuplets that have been
| begotten in their midst-the quin-
tuplets of broken promises, wasteful
+ spending Of the peoples money, high
Il cost of living, unsound money and the
U Capitalization of power in Washing
L tom"
4 Knox urged business men to stop
i complaining and do something about
! It,"
This Is no sham battle these New
! Dealers are putting up," he declared.
I 1.-THE prize they covet is to run Ameri-
can affairs to suit themselves, and this
1 means putting an end to our system Of
free enterprise and capturing all the
/ wealth it has created for the people
|. They are out to win. Make no mistake
! about that"
/. The speaker said the President laid
I the groundwork for a case against
! business In his last message to Con-
gress "on the state Of the Nation"
/ "His little helpers In the brain
trust are doing all they can to assist
i him. For them the crusade against
business must be quite lark, an adj
I venture into the unknown, as it were,
Judging by the unbalanced sheets of
I the so-called 1887 budget that was sub
4 mitted to the Congress"
4 Quoting from Abraham Lincoln,
Knox concluded:
ITO business men specifically may I
1 urge that you do not surrender
{ political power already possessed, and
Il which, If surrendered, will close the
door of advancement j.. Till all Of
\ liberty shall be lost"
Z Man Guillotined in Public.