The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-05-09
Landon Lays Down
Platform Clearly
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

TASHINGTON May 9-Those persons who
w want real inside tip as to what kind of presi-
Dental campaign Gov. Landon will conduct if
nominated missed the whole point of his radio inter
view this week if they stopped when they read the
headlines, "Landon Attacks F. D." and skipped the
rest The news in this interview was not IN the
headlines
Here are the tips in his broadcast that forecast
his campaign stand
"Moderates will decide the eecton-our high
national ideals the call for social justice our goal
of maximum opportunity for every man, woman
and child are being betrayed by a wastefu, slip
shod incompetent, happy -go-lucky administration
progressive government deserves something bet
ter than casual experiment it can succeed only
when accompanied by careful preparation, COM
petent administration and sound fiscal policies.
The Republican Party must go forward along SOUND
and progressive lines. No other course will do.
Where humanitarian legislation is needed. we
must provide it. Including improved social Sc
curity legislation Where labor and agriculture are
under disadvantages they must be removed
where business is hamstrung so that it can not
furnish Jobs must free it. Certain administra-
ton detectives have been good but its methods have
been mostly bad There should be regulation of
business wherever regulation keeps open opportunity
and protects not hampers the people as wnole in
exercising their rights, such protection of children
and women in industry, workmens compensation
enforcement of sanitary provision safety reasonable
working hours and on the subject of monopoly
commercial liberty for the common man.
r ANDON'S discussion of monopoly is especially
- significant:
Monopoly is bad for every one including business
. profits are not fairly passed to labor and
consumer :. all other groups are put at disad-
vantage opportunity is closed to the small man
. we have to attack the evils of monopoly frankly
and resolutey and require the government to keep
the competitive system in force at all times. 1t will
not do to think We can put monopoly its good be-
havior and forget about it."
And so on.
Actually, Landon's broadcast probably is one of
the most significant utteranceS that has come from
the Republican side since the party began pulling
itself together after the 1882 cyclone. 1t is sign
cant because, with the nomination almost in his
grasp he chose to ignore the risk of laying himself
stepped forward to declare himself that if he is
nominated there can be no N Misunderstanding after
ward
He deliberately served notice that he is intent
upon onerlng a constructive program. not upon
hreitng himself to 100 per cent damnation of
Roosevelt. He did not get down to specific sugges-
tons. but was concerned with spreading on the
ords his political and social philosophy and the gen.
eral outlines of the policy which would guide him.
CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES before the American
~ Law Institute, justifying divided opinions by
the Supreme Court explained that everywhere in
the highest ranges OF thought find differences of
view and that likewise in the law, I'VE do not sud-
denly rise TO stratosphere of icy certainty"
That is exactly the complaint of critics of the
court. In the AAA decision. the majority did 60 up
into an atmosphere of icy certainty whereas the
three dissenting justices felt that the fractions Of
government could be CONCEALED inside n At molds set
$50 years ago.