Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-09-20
Challenges Accuracy OF
RooseUelt,s New Attack
Gsnnett Says President Wa hts To Be "Odd Man. on
tirely Acceptable to the President

| class prejudice. Pretending to defend
tne constitution, he again attacks
anu attempts to discredit it's very cor
nerstone, the Supreme Court.
He attempts to deceive by half
truths. He repeats that the trainers of
the Constitution did not intend Ia
give the Supreme Court "veto power,
over Congress, although it was clearly
the intent of the trainers of the Con-
stitution that the court should safe
guard the citizens against anv at
tempt by either the Congress or the
executive to overstep the limits of
power set for them by the Constitu-
lion.
Favorable Decisions 20. X"
The President has no criticism of
the court when it decides, by even one
vote, in his favor, but it becomes an
evil power when it disagrees with his
views He must have court decisions
MS way. One of the strongest features
OF the Constitution is the provision
that prevents hasty revolutionary
changes or government by mob rule.
The Supreme Courts careful deliber-
ate way of protecting the Constitution
is the best guarantee of the future of
our government.
What pity that a person in such
high office, who has sworn to uphold
and defend the Constitution, should
use his position and influence to over
throw the basic principles of that
sacred document and raise in the
minds of the uniformed disrespect
for it. If there is one quick way to
destroy our democratic form of gov
eminent, it is to undermine the pres
tige of the judiciary.
Court Has Preserved Liberty.
The President spoke of the Bill of
Rights. Freedom of the press and of
religious worship, freedom of assem-
bly, and trial by jury are our most
precious liberties. Again and again
they have been preserved only by the
Supreme Court. These liberties have
disappeared in every country where
the courts have come under the in
fluence of the executive, who with the
courts in his control soon makes his
DEGREES law and himself dictator.
Every citizen high or low, rich or
poor, must be made to realize this,
and see to it that no one, not even
Mr.. Roosevelt, is permitted to destroy
our constitutional safeguards of free
.lom.
The President, with all his conceit,
believes that only he and his program
can raise the living standard of AM
erica. There are millions of intelligent
citizens more able in business affairs,
more experienced in industry and
farming. and more learned and ex-
perienced in the law than he, who are
absolutely sure that Mr.. Roosevelt's
program of scarcity and his plan for
control of all enterprises
is wrong and a menace. Recovery in
the United States has Jagged far be-
hind that in other nations that have
preserved democratic freedom.
score of nations with 600 million pop
ulation have balanced their budgets,
have high employment, business pros
perity, and increasing production Dy
agriculture with profitable prices. Ten
times more homes for workers, in pro-
portion to population, have been built
in England than have been built I'M
der Mr.. Roosevelt:s administration,
despite his vast expenditures.
Can't Fool All People.
No one. not even a Roosevelt or
Barnurn, can fool all the people for
long. 1t is the old cry of stop thief.
The public can see through his
sophistry and his attempt to recover
lost prestige by false arguments. his
appeals to prejudice are losing tnelr
force, and the public will see II an
clearly when his unsound economic
program fails.
Roosevelt Dictatorship!
Today we are threatened with dic-
tatorship if Mr.. Roosevelt's plans for
centralized power are not checked.
The country is safe SO long as we
keep the judiciary free and particular
" preserve the independence OF our
Supreme Court. We are threatened
with dictatorship the moment any
,oan GETS control of all departments
as President Roosevelt so plainly aims
to do.