White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-02-18
JAMES SALVINT DEFENDS THE
PRESIDENT
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THE .AAA was likewise to be a
temporary measure consolidated ITO
rnget THE emergency Rxistirg i'm
1889. 4 may add THAT, if these
measures be objected 40 for Con-
stit7ltiunal reasons, their tenWoo ray
z.rld emergency character naist he
carefully considered One only
needs a p1lMotor ito make him
breathe; after lhe breata1es il: lis 7no
lnnger ,needed. THAT control of
production ara efiniination pf SUE
pluses can contribute ito general re-
covery and increase consumer IN
comes through its effect ON prices
are sound elementary principles I'M
economics. 1Nae Level of prices at
the farm LIS controlled by several
facturs-the volume of production,
distribution, FEnd processing costs
and CHARGES, consumer purchasing
power, and monetary changes. The
operation of the AAA went a Icing
way and could have continued sfhv-
orably through the reduction of sup
plies OF course, it must be aG1111t-
ted that it could not restore the por-
ton of the fan in farm prices fdale
to monetary policy and to cons11m-
ers' incomes, except as Improvement
in the latter is the outgroWth OF the
benefit payments to the farmers. 1t
is true that tine plan was unfortun-
ate IN some parts Of our country,
bit certainly no one can be criti-
cizea for the Acts of God.
Both of the above measures we're
held unconstitutional by the SUI
preme Court That they were ben
eflcial is beyond question There
are several alternatives which might
lead us out of this predicament.
The first alternative is rapidly ac-
quiring momentum, but would like
ly lead to chaos. 1t proceeds along
Constitute Tires, favorlng radical
alteration or complete abandon
ment. If amy change Should be ne
cessary, the trainers have quite eff
fectively provided for this possibil-
1ty. 1t was safe to say that they
never intended that their Constit-
ution be regarded as We're the laws
of the Modes and the Persians-
theirs were unalterahle, but where
are the Modes and the Persians to-
day? We, OF this later age, should
take a retrospective view of our
country under this document before
accepting this first alternative. We
should rejoice in its survival OF the
attacks at the hands of unscrupu-
lous men. We should see it today
as the unblemished symbol Of our
people, those who have come and
gone, those yet unborn. 1t is a
Torch of Truth entrusted by one
generation to that succeeding. 1t
seems to lift its head from sur
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tain lifts it's head from the valleys
of mist. In fact, it stands supreme
as the contribution of America to
the governments of all time. The
cowardly, Undertaking minorities Of
our population excuse their wrong
bv saving that the Constitution was
written so many years ago that it
has no practical value or applica-
ton today. They seem to forget
that the same basic principles of
liberty and justice for the weak, as
we'll as for the strong, of protection
for minorities against tyrannical
majorities, are as vital today as they
were $50 years ago. The Constitu-
ton is the security of our people,
the safeguard of freedom for our
children's children. 1t does not |
cover specific conditions entirely,
but it is substantially general, thus