Evening star., 1938-02-13

nominee of the Republican party in
1910, after declaring his willingness
if need be, to throw the identity OF
the party into the discard, gave his
definition Of the American system
which must be preserved.
1T is a system Of free enterprise,
he said, among free men-as against
the collectivism of an authoritarian
state which threatens us with individ-
ual and economic slavery, and which
Is called far uglier names In other
lands. 1t is system of competitive
initiative in private business which
produces more goods for less money
and thus enriches our homes and our
living standards and our wage scales
as against government ownership or
operation. and against regimentation
by petty Government overlords who
never met pay roll in their lives. and
who would attempt the impossible feat
OF adding to our reservoir of national
wealth by producing less goods for
more money. 1t is system OF States
rights and home rule in respect to
every problem which. by its national
nature, does not indisputably require
Federal control.
1T Is a system which fights unre-
stricted monopoly in any form-in-
cluding the greatest and most sinister
OF all monopolies, the present and
ever-continuing reach for a monopolis-
tic power of Government in the grip
of one-man control in Washington. It
is system which puts human rights
above property rights; but which does
not neglect to appreciate that property
rights are among the primary human
rights.
1T is a system which relentlessly
protects the integrity of the public
credit-as against pell-mell expert
menta'ism. which is as bankrupt in
its balance sheets as In its blithely
broken promises"
Shaking With Jitters."
After describing the great achieve
ments Of the American people under
this system, Vandenberg insisted that
what the system has done before It.
can do better now
What's wrong" he said. THE
American system is shaking with the
filters. II not something worse. It
has beer internationally set aside in
favor Of dubious sorties into socialism.
The Roosevelt pattern-if 1t may be
called pattern more than "a consec-
utive hours at time-is the pattern
of Federal paternalism. It is the pat
tern of centralized. dictation-whethe
in business or in Government. It is
disclosed ip the biggest and most cost
ly bureaucracy with which a free peo-
pie was ever cursed It is disclosed
in the greatest concentration of execu-
tive authority in the lifetime of the
republic"
Senator Vandenberg placed the
blame for the business recession
which he called the Roosevelt de-
pression-squarely on the New Deal.
The effort Of administration spokes-
men to make it appear business, out
of hatred for the administration, had
brought about this depression, :.'makes
Gulliver and Munchausen sound far
more conservative than Maine and
Vermont"
He said that business is not the
culprit "in the tragedy of today's re-
cession. 1t is the unwilling victim"
Vandenberg said he knew Of nothing
more significant than the spectacle
OF 100 leading industria!ists promising
complete cooperation with the Pres
ident III he would please tell them
what he himself intends to do during
the next few months"
That, my fellow Americans" said
the Michigan Senator, rs not the
American system"
Recalls Conflicting Statements.
Referring to contradictory state
ments emanating from the White