The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-18

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 No Doubt of Meaning
 Though the chief executive did not express his intentions in concrete, specific language, observers had no doubt after his speech that the su- prene court question had not been killed when the senate defeated his bill calling for its enlargement.
 Contrary to the belief of many Americans" MT. Roosevelt said, "tKe Constitution says nothing about any power of the court to declare legislation unconstitutional; nor does 1t mention the number of judges for the court.
 You will find no justification in any of the language of the Consti- tution for delay in the reform which the mass of the American people now demand"
 Historic Attack
 MT. RooseVelt's attack on the court was largely historic-on It's alleged failure to keep abreast of the desires and aspirations of the peo- plye. That he still regards Q change in the mechanism of its function Ing as immediately essential, despite the senate rejection of his enlarge ment proposal, was seen in his state- ment that 6 crisis exists at the pres- ent time which demands immediate action.
 His address was the climax of two days of oratory commemorating the l60th anniversary of the ConStitu- ton in which statesmen of all po- litical concepts expressed their views of the document. Senator William E. Borah spoke Thursday night Last night, Senator Burton K Wheeler, 6 leading foe of the presi- dents enlargement plan, also was on the airways.
 Trip West Planned
 MT. Roosevelt is going to his home at Hyde Park, N. r., and from there, on Wednesday, barring "unfor- seen" circumstances, he will leave for Seattle, Wash, to visit his daugh- ter, Mrs. John Boettinger. Ob- servers believed that this was the opening gun of 8 plan to take the presidents side of the supreme court plan to the country. Though no itinerary was announced, 1t was be- lieved the president would take the northern route-through the states of tn senators-Wheeler of Montana, Joseph 0. O'Mahoney of Wyoming, and Senator Edward R. Burke, of Nebraska-who played leading roles in killing the court enlargement program.
 In leading up to his attack on the "misinterpreters" of the Constitu- tion, who, he said, had delayed the proper functioning of our democ- racy, MT. Roosevelt developed an attack on Europan dictatorshipe and statd his abhorrance for their doc- Urine. Thes Relationships, he grant, ed, had given their peoples more than they had had under democracy, but, he insisted, this was the case only because the democracies had not been made to function. His in- ference that there was danger of this happening in the United States unless American democracy was made to function. was clear.
 Tn this country, he continued, were some who feared the majority rule of democracy "who want old forms of economic and social con- trol to remain in . few hands" 1" These people. he said. asked why should they oppose . plutocTatic dictatorship to perpetuate their control if democracy threatened it. There were other groups, he said. who were impatient of the processes of constitutional democracy and found hope in some vague form of pFoletaTian dictatorship"
 "Both typos ere equally danger